You know that when a big network news show covers a story, that story is becoming mainstream. So it is with the idea of adults living together. NBC interviewed four women and one man living together in a four-bedroom house in Asheville, NC. The interviews and footage show the housemates living the four advantages of [...]
Maybe You Should Share Housing…
* Are you finding it hard to make ends meet? Strapped for cash, but you have space in your house?
* Are you living in an area where affordable housing is rare or non-existent? Are you moving to a high-rent city?
* Are you often alone? Do you find it difficult to make a social life for yourself? (Most single people have a very hard time in this society.)
* Are you overwhelmed by the tasks that need to be done on a regular basis around your house? Do you find yourself spending money to pay others to do those tasks?
* Are you concerned about the planet and desirous of living lighter and having a smaller carbon footprint?
If you honestly answered “yes” to one or more of the questions above you should seriously consider living in shared housing.
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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