{"id":24108,"date":"2019-08-07T01:06:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T05:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=24108"},"modified":"2019-08-07T01:06:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T05:06:32","slug":"i-dont-know-a-harrington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=24108","title":{"rendered":"i don&#8217;t know a (harring)ton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>any knowledge on Harrington housing? Do a lot of UofT students stay there? How does it compare to other off campus student residences?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/eakYZ0EM6USmQ\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>maybe my head&#8217;s been in the sand or something, but this is the first i&#8217;ve ever heard of harrington housing. if it&#8217;s not on-campus, chestnut, or campus one, aka if it&#8217;s not directly affiliated with the uni, i don&#8217;t <em>really\u00a0<\/em>know anything and dunno if i&#8217;m supposed to be advising on it. plus, if i haven&#8217;t ever heard of it, chances are it isn&#8217;t a huge hotspot for u of t kiddos. from what i can find, if you&#8217;re living there, you&#8217;re likely to be mixed in with students from other schools, like ryerson.<\/p>\n<p>i did check out the website&#8211; not sure if you&#8217;ve watched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harringtonhousing.com\/#services\">their testimonials<\/a> yet, but maybe those can give you an idea of what things are like?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3owytR6Tq9kkze3IEU\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>either way, it&#8217;s hard for me to say, having not really dabbled in off-campus student housing myself. i will say harrington&#8217;s location (sherbourne and bloor) is good, but it could be better. while no frills, mcdonald&#8217;s, rexall, and timmy&#8217;s are super nearby, you&#8217;re looking at a 30 minute walk to u of t. i guess it&#8217;s aight if you buy a monthly pass and subway <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/maps\/dir\/Robarts+Library,+Saint+George+Street,+Toronto,+ON\/Harrington+Housing,+561+Sherbourne+St+Unit+2703,+Toronto,+ON+M4X+0A1\/@43.6676629,-79.3959317,15z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x882b34be85038f67:0x7cd088dfbb2ef4a9!2m2!1d-79.39969!2d43.664486!1m5!1m1!1s0x882b2dab29e16f93:0x3e9cb336d7444e8c!2m2!1d-79.3754627!2d43.6699315!3e3\">10 minutes<\/a> instead. but it&#8217;s no campus one.<\/p>\n<p>it does seem like having a kitchen as opposed to to a meal plan will help save you money, and i&#8217;ve seen some stuff mentioning programming for the students living at harrington. that&#8217;s gotta be good, right?<\/p>\n<p>wish i could be more helpful. but best of luck!<\/p>\n<p>be Boundless,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>any knowledge on Harrington housing? Do a lot of UofT students stay there? How does it compare to other off campus student residences? &nbsp; \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, maybe my head&#8217;s been in the sand or something, but this is the first i&#8217;ve ever heard of harrington housing. if it&#8217;s not on-campus, chestnut, or campus one, aka if it&#8217;s not directly affiliated with the uni, i don&#8217;t really\u00a0know anything and dunno if i&#8217;m supposed to be advising on it. plus, if i haven&#8217;t ever heard of it, chances are it isn&#8217;t a huge hotspot for u of t kiddos. from what i can find, if you&#8217;re living there, you&#8217;re likely to be mixed in with students from other schools, like ryerson. i did check out the website&#8211; not sure if you&#8217;ve watched their testimonials yet, but maybe those can give you an idea of what things are like? either way, it&#8217;s hard for me to say, having not really dabbled in off-campus student housing myself. i will say harrington&#8217;s location (sherbourne and bloor) is good, but it could be better. while no frills, mcdonald&#8217;s, rexall, and timmy&#8217;s are super nearby, you&#8217;re looking at a 30 minute walk to u of t. i guess it&#8217;s aight if you buy a monthly pass and subway 10 minutes instead. but it&#8217;s no campus one. it does seem like having a kitchen as opposed to to a meal plan will help save you money, and i&#8217;ve seen some stuff mentioning programming for the students living at harrington. that&#8217;s gotta be good, right? wish i could be more helpful. but best of luck! be Boundless, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-housing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}