Echoing what is said before... BPs can live for 25-40 years. It's not healthy for humans to live with their parents too long. Unless you're a silver spoon child, once you move out, you're going to be dirt poor for a few years at least. Apartments have different rules. Your roommates might not like snakes, especially a "large" one. Also, moving with snakes is a real pain, especially if you need to go long distance. And all this is coming from a guy who had two BP living in bins under his bed in college. I ended up having to get rid of them. I don't know where they are now, and I worry about them.
Better a snake than a cat or dog though. Personally, my favorite small, easy to keep, fun snake is a hognose. A lot of folks who don't like snakes, like hognose. Transporting is easier, care is easier, convincing future roommates or "Significant Other" is easier. But don't get another large snake, until you are REALLY settled.
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