Is Living Alone The New Shacking Up?
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However Eric Klinenberg, a professor of sociology at NYU and the author of Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone, argues that singledom is not just a phase anymore. He writes in a recent piece in the New York Times that not only are more people living alone than ever, living alone actually means you're more social. Living alone is also a mark of financial success.
In prosperous American cities — Atlanta, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco and Minneapolis — 40 percent or more of all households contain a single occupant. In Manhattan and in Washington, nearly one in two households are occupied by a single person.
Now the most privileged people on earth use their resources to separate from one another, to buy privacy and personal space.
Five million people in the U.S. aged 18 and 34 live alone. Internationally, the numbers of those living alone are even higher. And far from being isolated old maids and incompetent bachelors, single people seek outside companionship more, going out to dinner, hanging out with friends, taking classes, using their freedom from family obligations as they see fit. And then going home when they see fit to get the peace and quiet and rest they want. When they want. As they want.
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