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There's a huge gamble with roommates that you might be stuck with someone terrible in a year (or longer) lease. Most people who can afford to live alone would p

There's a huge gamble with roommates that you might be stuck with someone terrible in a year (or longer) lease. Most people who can afford to live alone would prefer to have their own place. This is just a sign that people are getting richer (since this same trend is happening in all first-world countries).

JumpCrisscross 9mo ago
> a huge gamble with roommates that you might be stuck with someone terrible in a year (or longer) lease Life involves taking risks and measuring people. Getting stuck with a shitty roommate is pretty low stakes on that spectrum. > just a sign that people are getting richer (since this same trend is happening in all first-world countries) Valid hypothesis. I’d posit Covid and the increasingly prevalence of single-child households are the more-proximate cause.
- tayo42 9mo ago
  You definitely havent had bad roommates if you say that.
  - JumpCrisscross 9mo ago
    > You definitely havent had bad roommates if you say that I lived in New York in an illegally-subdivided loft. Yes, I’ve had bad roommates. Yes, it felt overwhelming at first. And yes, I got over it, constraining the problem where possible and addressing it directly where necessary, a suite of skills that were probably instrumental in my start-up later working.
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    - OGEnthusiast 9mo ago
      Not accusing you of this directly, but this sounds like trying to get people to just accept lower living standards.
      - triceratops 9mo ago
        If living alone is "higher living standards" why are we even talking about this article?
      - pepperball 9mo ago
        Expect a lot more of this.
DrPimienta 9mo ago
If the number of young people who can buy homes is going down and the number of young people that can afford to start families is also going down then how are people getting richer? This is a sign of social isolation, not wealth.
nly 9mo ago
People aren't getting richer in all first-world countries. In the UK the average salary is only up a few percentage points in real terms over 20 years

JumpCrisscross 9mo ago

> a huge gamble with roommates that you might be stuck with someone terrible in a year (or longer) lease Life involves taking risks and measuring people. Getting stuck with a shitty roommate is pretty low stakes on that spectrum. > just a sign that people are getting richer (since this same trend is happening in all first-world countries) Valid hypothesis. I’d posit Covid and the increasingly prevalence of single-child households are the more-proximate cause.

tayo42 9mo ago
You definitely havent had bad roommates if you say that.
- JumpCrisscross 9mo ago
  > You definitely havent had bad roommates if you say that I lived in New York in an illegally-subdivided loft. Yes, I’ve had bad roommates. Yes, it felt overwhelming at first. And yes, I got over it, constraining the problem where possible and addressing it directly where necessary, a suite of skills that were probably instrumental in my start-up later working.
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  - OGEnthusiast 9mo ago
    Not accusing you of this directly, but this sounds like trying to get people to just accept lower living standards.
    - triceratops 9mo ago
      If living alone is "higher living standards" why are we even talking about this article?
    - pepperball 9mo ago
      Expect a lot more of this.

DrPimienta 9mo ago

If the number of young people who can buy homes is going down and the number of young people that can afford to start families is also going down then how are people getting richer? This is a sign of social isolation, not wealth.

nly 9mo ago

People aren't getting richer in all first-world countries. In the UK the average salary is only up a few percentage points in real terms over 20 years