That’s not my experience at all: me, my friends, everyone I know that lives in a city lives with housemates. I don’t know anyone lucky or well-off-enough who can possibly afford a place to themselves that isn’t a minuscule studio.
That was my experience as well. But who is paying $2,500 for a room? These stories always seem to feature folks who are trying to live alone while saving for a home in a Tier 1 city.
