You can’t write an ad that says you want to live with a female, gay person, Christian, or whatever category you might really care about. That’s illegal. The law says you may not make a public discriminatory statement about your preferences. While this may seem crazy, you do get to decide who you live with. [...]
Commentary: Social, Political, Legal, and Economic Aspects of Sharing Housing
This category is for discussion of the sharing housing option in our society. These articles are usually prompted by something in the media or on the web and often will link to original sources.
Going Solo—”Surprising Appeal of Living Alone”—Really?
March 19, 2012
My friend, I’ll call her Sarah, is a great example of the solo person in NYC. She lives alone. She loves it. She has built community around her in good friends, activities and an almost-weekly Friday evening at her local sushi bar. Like many of the people interviewed by Eric Klinenberg for his study and book, Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone she loves her life.
Going Solo shines a spotlight on a huge and important demographic in our society. People are living alone. Huge numbers of people are living alone. And as he points out, this is an unprecedented development in the history of the human race. Yes, 27% of the households in the United States are single occupancy. 29% of seniors 65 and older live alone. In some of our big cities, Seattle, San Francisco, Denver, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, between 35 and 45% of the households have just one person. In Manhattan it is 50%! Many people are living alone. [click to continue…]
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