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> Is it a bad thing? People's life choices are their own. How much of a choice is it that they made willing? The number has doubled over the last few decades:
by throw0101a 9mo ago
> Is it a bad thing? People's life choices are their own.
How much of a choice is it that they made willing? The number has doubled over the last few decades:
* https://www.self.inc/blog/adults-living-alone https://www.self.inc/blog/adults-living-alone
* https://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/tag/living-alone/ https://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/tag/living-alon...
There are health (and happiness) consequences to not being connected to other people:
* https://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/harvard-happiness-study-relationships/672753/ https://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive...
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loneliness_epidemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loneliness_epidemic
- pavlov 9mo agoPerhaps the number was artificially low before, and more people actually wanted to live on their own. Loneliness is not the same thing as a one-person household. I'm not seeing evidence that 15% is the correct number and 29% is automatically bad.