> you dont think a human being with a full time job in the first world country deserves basic privacy of 1br apartment? That's an entirely different question,

> you dont think a human being with a full time job in the first world country deserves basic privacy of 1br apartment? That's an entirely different question, and I don't know the answer to it. I do know $18/hr isn't enough to pay for that in NY though. It would be great if wages would go up or rent, become cheaper so it could happen. More generally, I see nothing wrong in a single person, with no children, needing to share a house for a few years until they establish themselves financially. There are many people with far higher pay than $18/hr who live with roommates, or parents, until they have enough saved up to buy and move out. I've done it myself. And I think historically speaking (I could be wrong about this), people have always lived with family or rented a room (even shared a room) until they got married - Western society has only changed in that regard in the past 50-60 years.