The case for having roommates even when you can afford to live alone
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The case for having roommates even when you can afford to live alone
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Re: The case for having roommates even when you can afford to live alone
#2No, I prefer living without roommates, if I can afford it. I want my privacy and autonomy.
Re: The case for having roommates even when you can afford to live alone
#3The case for normalising poverty.
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#4Absolutely never again with roommates. None of the "benefits" of having them can justify not living alone if one can afford
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#5Absolutely never again with roommates. None of the "benefits" of having them can justify not living alone if one can afford
Agree, did that
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#6Women have such different lives. It's things like this that make it so painfully obvious why single men are isolated and alone in modern society.
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#7I can relate a lot to this. For most of the years between leaving home and meeting my wife I had at least 1 room-mate. I enjoyed it. Living alone is very boring IMHO.
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#8>With six roommates, I would cook a couple dishes a week. Every meal would be multi course, with different people making salad, protein, sides, and maybe mixing up some drinks for the cooks.
I've never split meals with any of my roommates when I had them, and I cringe at the idea of asking them to accommodate my own idiosyncratic tastes. I, naturally, have lived on my own since I could possibly afford it. But I can see why this would be a huge benefit if you are so inclined to shared meal prep.
This article also makes a strong case for repealing laws outlawing SRO buildings, which can be designed to better accommodate shared cooking and socializing spaces than a building of 1 bedroom apartments.
Re: The case for having roommates even when you can afford to live alone
#9Women have such different lives. It's things like this that make it so painfully obvious why single men are isolated and alone in modern society.
on the other hand I've yet to meet a woman that punches holes in drywall when they're mad, I've had 2 male roommates that have
Re: The case for having roommates even when you can afford to live alone
#10The case for normalising poverty.
One could argue that for many people, isolation is a form of poverty.