{"id":64112,"date":"2022-03-11T12:09:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T12:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=64112"},"modified":"2022-03-15T14:53:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T14:53:50","slug":"it-never-used-to-be-like-this-life-for-long-term-residents-in-student-hub-cathays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/03\/11\/it-never-used-to-be-like-this-life-for-long-term-residents-in-student-hub-cathays\/","title":{"rendered":"‘It never used to be like this’: Life for long-term residents in student-hub Cathays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The area is home to almost 70% of Cardiff\u2019s shared housing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

WHEN I sit down in Bob\u2019s living room, he hands me a can of Diet Coke and a stapled bundle of over 100 pieces of paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI printed these emails out before you got here,\u201d he says, \u201cI just thought they might be useful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I can take a closer look, he beckons me over to look at a map he\u2019s pulled up on his computer screen. Despite being mostly obscured by a sea of red dots, I can just about make out that I\u2019m looking at a map of Cathays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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