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Is it unusual to have roommates after you graduate university in the USA? In New Zealand it's considered normal to share a house until you have a long term par
by toomanybeersies 8y ago
Is it unusual to have roommates after you graduate university in the USA?
In New Zealand it's considered normal to share a house until you have a long term partner who you move in with, then you find your own house.
I know people in their 30's who still share a house or apartment. It's a social thing as much as a financial thing, your roommates are like platonic partners.
- edraferi 8y agoThis is common in the US.
- killjoywashere 8y agoI personally spent the following six months with 2 roommates and the next six months on a ship with 6 roommates in a room slightly larger that my parents' closet.
- toomanybeersies 8y agoSince we're comparing stories, I spent 16 months living in backpacker hostels, including 12 months in the same one. People always ask me how I managed to live like that, but they don't realise that you tend to adapt to your living conditions fairly quickly. If you can manage a couple of months, you can manage a year. It's actually weird for me to live in a house with only a couple of other people now. I got so used to having people to hang out with practically on tap. There's always somebody to drink with, or watch a movie with, or snuggle up next to. It's strange for me to come home from work to an empty house.