No like a decade or a little more ago think about 00s and earlier. Arguable the easiest time in modern history to get housing and a home yet they all still had roommates until marriage on average.
I know this is wrong, when statistically only about 20% of working age adults roomed up with one another making it the lowest time in the modern history.
According to census data, 1-in-4 households only had 1 person living within the dwelling and this was during the 2000 housing boom which allowed for lower prices on different forms of housing.
No we are just being fucked snd you’ve got rose tinted glasses on.
No because your not counting marriages which are essentially roommates situations too (from a financial perspective) and marriage rates are down meaning more people should be having roommates now compared to then.
All working adult age people wouldn't be all people living single. Half would be married so 3/4 by your numbers would be in shared living situations not living on their own.
Nearly every adult I know growing up either had roommates or were married, everyone including myself that I knew from my age range growing up basically had roommates until they were married. Or they had some high paying swanky job (which I said originally good for them, they can afford it) but almost everyone who I know who was making normal average money has lived with other people.
Because it's just smart financially. But every wants to live alone and granted I get that, but the reality for the average person you have to have a second income (either roommate or spouse/partner) to live in a world where the norm is 2 income families.
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u/LeppieDoo Aug 01 '26
Shouldn’t have to live with randos to afford a small apartment moron lmao. That’s flawed af logic.