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Why shouldn’t they? Why should someone have to be married or have roommates to have somewhere to live?
It’s a complex topic that the person you replied to only introduced briefly.
We have a loneliness epidemic and it’s expensive to live in isolation. There is a middle ground between the two that would fit both your pov and the one the person you are replying to is scratching the surface of.
It’s undeniable that some people just get progressively unhealthy when they live alone. But that’s not true for everyone, for sure. But we did evolve to live in tribes and support each other.
No one is attacking the idea of living alone. They are just saying that it’s worth further examination.
This person is likely not participating a conspiracy to force you into communal housing or to have babies.
the original poster say, asking they should not be able to afford to live on thier own, thats why he got the downvotes.
I'm not saying they should have to. I'm questioning why living alone seems to be the new "American dream", and anything else is looked down upon.
Its my American nightmare to live alone, but due to my mental trauma from growing up in the US, no one wants to live with me. I dont WANT to, i dont have a choice.
thats not what you said in your original comment, you said should they even afford to live alone, you were implying they should not be able to AFFORD it all living in a 1 br apartment .