<font color="#880000"> How relationships go in the US compared to other countries is very different. I'm willing to bet that applies to friendships too.

It does seem natural for a bunch of good friends to want to live together. But, each of their individual circumstances make the whole situation more unusual. Like I said, none of them are financially stable. Technically, only one is in school, and only one graduated. Three of them don't have jobs in the area yet...Jobs that will help them pay rent. There's no guarentee that they can get a job reasonably close to their house. In fact, the house itself is crummy. It's the first month, and they already had a gas leak.

Basically, I think they made a bad decision in deciding to sign a lease on this crappy house that they didn't need. They're going to be living from paycheck to paycheck, or on loans. There are other things I already mentioned that could be an issue. Basically, this was all not well thought out. Because of it, I'm afraid that things won't be the same.</font>