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flamingdem

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11. I think it's not okay

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 12:42 AM

Oct 2015

for so many to live together. It's easier when you're in your twenties but I shudder to think of older adults, used to living alone, being forced to share small spaces.

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Rise in overcrowded housing, overcrowded = More than one person per room [View all] Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 OP

Hmmmm ... likely the exorbitant rent is also a reason 3+ share a studio. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2015 #1

rent/living cost supposedly (according to immigration authorities) w0nderer Oct 2015 #3

That's after 4+ people are in the NYC studio sharing rent! LOL!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2015 #6

wouldn't be surprised w0nderer Oct 2015 #7

Part of this is the influx of ten million immigrants Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #2

HELLO Skittles Oct 2015 #4

right! w0nderer Oct 2015 #8

One person per room is an interesting threshold. Massacure Oct 2015 #5

having gone through army (non us) w0nderer Oct 2015 #9

funny this should come up last week i was talking with a friend in really crap financial straights dembotoz Oct 2015 #10

I think it's not okay flamingdem Oct 2015 #11