From 1979 through 1987, I lived in what one called a "group house", with a population that started with four young men and ended with two. It generally worked w

From 1979 through 1987, I lived in what one called a "group house", with a population that started with four young men and ended with two. It generally worked well enough, though better with three or two than with four. There needs to be agreement on bills, chores, and standards of cleanliness (or, frankly, in our case standards of untidindess). I knew of at least four or five other households not far away, consisting of persons of about the same age and status.