The Cottages of Columbia is a new student housing development in Columbia, MO. It only started operation in 1998. I had just moved to Columbia, MO as student at MU that year and was the first person to ever rent the room I inhabited for roughly two weeks before I discovered how critically unworkable the situation there was. This is the thing - I had no knowledge of Columbia and made the assumption in good faith that a property far away from campus (which the Cottages is) would be more quiet and free of disturbance. I was dead... read full review »