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A key difference: I don't think it was as common to be "co-living" with complete strangers (though maybe I'm wrong on that). Sharing a room with someone you're
by wgerard 7y ago
A key difference: I don't think it was as common to be "co-living" with complete strangers (though maybe I'm wrong on that).
Sharing a room with someone you're pretty familiar with is a much different experience.
- el_cujo 7y agoI think that "co-living" spaces like this were common for factory worker-types around the industrial revolution, where you were with strangers rather than roommates, but my only source is that I vaguely remember hearing it on some podcast so take it with a grain of salt.
- wgerard 7y agoAh fair, and I knew someone might bring that up :). I meant more that I don't think that type of situation was common throughout history, more-so just for that time period for a certain group of people. My impression is more that while families and groups of families might have cohabitated for long periods of time, it was a bit more rare for complete strangers to do so.
- astura 7y agoUm... College dorms are pretty common and that's coliving with (usually) a complete stranger.
- wgerard 7y agoLiving in a college dorm isn't a common occurrence for most people for the majority of the nation's history.