r/CollinCollege • u/Jealous-Professor850 • 10h ago
Anyone else feel poor just finding a place to park?
It feels like every other car here is a brand new economy car or a few years old (if not also brand new) luxury car. I know some of them are owned by faculty, and I’m from a decently middle class background myself but it’s still really demoralizing to pull up in my 15+ year old Honda with fading paint, missing hubcaps, and yellowed headlights and be surrounded by cars worth at least $25-30k being driven by 18-20 year olds and even high schoolers. Most of the students I’ve met are some flavor of unemployed or only working summers so it’s not like most of them are paying for it.
I understand Collin county is a wealthier area but what the fuck? I assumed community college of all places is where id find people from frugal (like my parents) or lower income backgrounds. Is it just the frisco and McKinney campus that is like this? Are people gonna be driving Bentleys, 7 series bmws, and S class mercs when I transfer to university? What’s up?
edit: fixed typo