It was definitely a step up compared to how I'm living now.
I had my own room and an extremely cozy (yet draconian) setup. Had my 80s and 90s electronics scattered about with my old TV paired with my NES, gaming computer on the side. Had shelves for my old games and a small little area with one of my older PCs that ran Windows 95.
Women treated me better in high school and I had a few female friends then. Now, every woman on my campus acts like they vehemently hate me when I have done absolutely nothing.
I got good grades in high school. Nowadays, I am barely scraping by in university (in my major courses, I am doing good, but the other stupid shit I'm forced to do, I keep failing) and have to do at LEAST two more years to graduate. To put this into perspective, I have to take Calculus I a FOURTH time.
Back in high school, I was completely fucking miserable, but man, I have to admit, early 2018, before my high school ended during the summer, was probably my second highest peak in life besides fourth grade.
Now I'm forced to move all my shit around every single year due to university, and there's the fact that I don't really have my own place to go during the summer. All my shit has been in boxes for years and I have been basically playing moving hopscotch through dorms. I live on a commuter campus and it is also rather small, so it's dead on the weekends and there's fuck all to do around my area. I can drive, but I don't own a car, and no one is going to help me buy one, nor are there jobs in my direct walking distance that I'd enjoy working in (all restaurants/retail) to where I can save up for one.
Since late 2018, I have been living in a perpetual state of hell, though I am somehow less suicidal than I was. Funny how that works.