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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was 22 in 2008 I couldn’t find a 2 bedroom for less than $1600 for my roommate and I. I actually think apartments aren’t that expensive compared to sfhs[/quote]

Same. I ended up finding a stranger on Facebook to move in with! It worked out ok, we were never really friends but it wasn't a disaster.
I've heard young people now resist roommates.[/quote]

They're afraid having a roommate will turn into a Lifetime Movie. In my 20's we all had roommates. Some were friends and others went about their day. We survived just fine and saved money. Today 20 somethings want to go from their dorm or their parents house to the equivalent of their parents house or better. If some of them stopped buying junk online, having thousand dollar cell phones and trying to turn their cars into something Vin Diesel might drive if he was chasing his nemesis down 270, or suck it up at ft job for a few years, crazy boss and broken coffee machine and all, they just might just have more money.[/quote]

The only time I ever lived "alone" is my junior year of college, when I was an RA and had a single.  I am 54 now.  I had roommates during grad school and my my first jobs.  Even after I bought a place, my roommate came with me and paid (nominal) rent.  The only reason he moved out is because my fiancee moved in.

1 BRs have *always* been the most expensive option for young people.

That's not even discussing the idiocy of the initial post - OP bought a house 20 years ago in the middle of nowhere (population 1619, in 2020) for $350k, and now somehow is befuddles that prices have increased.  Apparently, her house is under a particularly large rock.  [/quote]
+1 this is me almost exactly except I’m 53 and was an RA as a senior, not a junior. Group house of five roommates after graduation, then different group house of four when our first landlord sold. Then my now-DH and I were ready to move in together after that. [/quote]

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