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A country of roommates

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A country of roommates

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article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/household-finances/article-in-10-years-will-canada-be-a-country-of-roommates/

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  • 👁️👄👁️
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    3•2 years ago

    I call top bunk!

  • @[email protected]
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    55•2 years ago

    I used to live with roommates. I still do, but I used to as well.

    • @[email protected]
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      32•2 years ago

      Don’t worry many towns have laws against roommates I am sure with conservation fascism taking a hold in the world that this will soon be against the law period.

      • @[email protected]
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        14•2 years ago

        What towns have laws against roommates?

        • @[email protected]
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          2•2 years ago

          deleted by creator

        • Pirky
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          1•2 years ago

          deleted by creator

        • @[email protected]
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          23•2 years ago

          They used to be called brothel laws. They’re usually written as a limit to how many adults who aren’t related can share an address.

          • guyrocket
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            8•2 years ago

            That’s interesting. Do you have a source?

            • squiblet
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              https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/05/zoning-laws-nuclear-modern-family-definition/674117/

              https://www.freeadvice.com/legal/zoning-laws-on-unrelated-people-living-together-in-the-same-house/

              https://medium.com/fourth-wave/want-to-share-a-rental-with-roommates-in-some-places-thats-illegal-f3594c0b0c0

              https://www.floodlaw.net/landlords-beware-four-unrelated-persons-equal-a-rooming-house/

              https://evanstonnow.com/three-unrelated-rule-is-a-barrier-to-housing-affordability/

              I found these on “google” if you’ve ever checked that site out.

              • @[email protected]
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                Ha. Thanks for doing my homework for me. I honestly don’t know what my original sources were… I’ve been aware of the existence of “brothel laws” for ages. I lived in a large intentional community (read: commune, but avoiding sexual connotations at least in a US context) for a long time and running afoul of brothel laws in the past was something I learned about there.

                • @[email protected]
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                  1•2 years ago

                  Ah I see where the confusion is. The original article referenced Canada. The brothel laws you sourced look like they’re from the US

  • @[email protected]
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    58•2 years ago

    Oh my God they were roommates

  • @[email protected]
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    16•2 years ago

    It’d be wild if this was posted 10 years ago but we’ll never know

    • Franzia
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      4•2 years ago

      Its not perfect but you can check archive websites for the dates that stories were archived: https://archive.is/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/household-finances/article-in-10-years-will-canada-be-a-country-of-roommates/ in this case, October 26th.

      • @[email protected]
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        4•2 years ago

        The last / was missing from your link. This one should work.

    • @[email protected]
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      26•2 years ago

      I hate articles that don’t include publish dates almost as much as I hate local news sources that don’t list the city and state they are in.

  • @[email protected]
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    21•2 years ago

    Don’t call me roommate, buddy!

    • @[email protected]
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      8•2 years ago

      removed by mod

    • @[email protected]
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      13•2 years ago

      I’m not your cohabitant, bunkie.

  • @[email protected]
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    24•2 years ago

    I’m 37. I’m on disability in BC for my mental health. I have 5 random craigslist roommates in a dilapidated old house. There are no other options. I hate having roommates, I prefer to live alone with some dignity. There is ALWAYS some shitty, childish drama going on, it’s exhausting being the oldest.

    • @[email protected]
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      4•2 years ago

      you should consider yourself blessed that you get free housing despite not having to lift a finger.

      • @[email protected]
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        25•2 years ago

        You should be ashamed of your callous response

        • @[email protected]
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          1•2 years ago

          I think it’s a bit entitled to expect to live in a studio apartment for free.

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            6•2 years ago

            How does “dilapidated old house” equal “studio apartment”?

            • @[email protected]
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              1•2 years ago

              I prefer to live alone with some dignity

      • HubertManne
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        11•2 years ago

        Now I know the driving force behind maid in canada.

      • @[email protected]
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        7•2 years ago

        I usually try to make well developed arguments but…

        You should consider yourself blessed to be able bodied enough to have developed such an entitled and cunty attitude about other’s living situations

  • Lemminary
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    38•2 years ago

    And they were roommates!

    • Blackout
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      10•2 years ago

      Roommates to the left of me, roommates to the right. Will there be any non-roommate people left if liberals are allowed to put pro-roommate books in our school’s libraries?

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        3•2 years ago

        This is the future that liberals want!

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