Footprints marking the walls as high up as the ceiling (above). This is how I find Park Place at Reno almost every Monday, following yet another weekend of whatever it is which caused this.
Crushed cans, beer bottles, trash not put into bins, vandalism here and there, cigarette butts, this is what “luxury living” for students is like at Park Place where I live.
Their website says it’s “a living environment that will elevate your lifestyle, foster lifelong friendships, and make your college experience unforgettable. Here, you are welcomed to a community where we set a new standard for your student experience – unlike any you have ever seen.” Living here though, the side I see is another one.
In the past, they have made efforts to rectify this problem by closing down certain amenities or sending out firm emails to the residents about their displeasure with the situation. This has not stopped these situations from happening again and again.
It is disheartening to say the least, to see more and more of the same vandalizing acts take place without any repercussions or change.
More than anything I think this issue shows an undeniably privileged side of the people living at Park Place. Yes, Park Place could be doing more to make sure this issue does not keep popping up, but in turn those living in the building could also make more of an effort to take care of the place they call home. Unless radical changes are made I that fear no solution is in sight currently, and things will continue on as they have been.