Record Numbers of Americans Living Alone

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bizarroland@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 222d (1 reply)

I'm one of them. It's kind of cool and it kind of sucks.

Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 222d

Just know you're not alone. Think on that!

Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 222d (1 reply)

How much does this contribute to the housing crisis?

starchylemming@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 222d

not as much as hoarders who buy out the market globally

super_user_do@feddit.it · 3 pts · 222d

Maybe we should go back to living in larger houses with more than one single family nucleus. The "traditional family" in Sicily wasn't the 2 parents and 2 children + dog/cat but larger nucleus also made of the whole extended family. Then fascism eradicated this side of our history

ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 pts · 222d (3 replies)

That's because a record number of Americans are living.

javasux@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 222d (1 reply)

The graph literally shows a percentage increase from 14% to 29%

starchylemming@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 222d

a way to justify his argument would be the aging population.

one partner dies and the remaining one lives on alone for many years

Jazsta@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 222d

I wish the main visual weight of the chart was the normalized variable. The percentage is there but should be the focus so it doesn't conflate population growth