Which actually extends to multi-generation families (and roommate situations), and sometimes explains how they survive at all. Cramming 4 working adults into a

Which actually extends to multi-generation families (and roommate situations), and sometimes explains how they survive at all. Cramming 4 working adults into a two bedroom house is a big efficiency increase. So the first thing a newly single person should be doing is looking for a roommate to share a tv and washing machine and 1/2 the cost of housing. That said, I can't think of a single case where anyone I knew in their 30-50's who got divorced did anything but go out and buy their own personal house to live in by themselves.