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Dorms Pop Up in Spain as More Students Seek Housing Away From Home



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MÁLAGA, Spain — While learning how to develop video games, David León Serrano, 21, has been enjoying a fairly novel experience for a Spaniard: living in student accommodations on the southern coast of Spain, a five-hour drive from his family home in Madrid.Studying away from home is a familiar experience in many parts of the world, but a relatively new phenomenon in southern Europe. In Spain, for instance, only about 17 percent of students get their higher education outside their home region, according to the Spanish government. In the United States, by comparison, residents account for less than 20 percent of the student population in most states.“I think that young people now are starting to understand that if we at least move around our own country, it is good for our development,” Mr. León Serrano said, “not only in terms of finding the best place to study what …

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