Merel (20) has lived with 120 others all her life

Merel Didden (20) has lived her entire life in a residential community on the Tourslaan in Eindhoven. With 120 people around you, there is always something to talk to. “As a child, I always felt safe. It is nice that you can just knock on everyone's door if something is wrong.” The residential community is incredibly popular: two to three applications are received every week. “About five to ten years ago, it was one application per month,” says …