It's really sad how America has built itself into a lonelier and lonelier society over the past decades.
No, it's not obvious.
It's really sad how America has built itself into a lonelier and lonelier society over the past decades.
That's just your experience.
Is this the monty python argument room? There's a vast amount of research into the negative effects of social isolation on humans and other mammals. Did you have something to add regarding this study, which is just one more drop in that huge bucket?
Agreed. In fact, I would expect the opposite. Living by myself allows me to precisely meter how much time I spend with others and how much time I spend alone. If I want some human contact at the moment, then I go out and get some. If I don't, then I go home. The only way that this breaks down is if the amount of time I want to spend with other people is somehow detrimental to my health.
Can I maintain this when all of my friends start getting married is another question...
But we have a second car and only $18k in credit card debt.
The same thing is happening to societies that are experiencing urbanization. Not sure for how long this can go on...or what happened next.
Young urban Americans are some of the few attempting to buck this trend, which the boomers heartily embraced.
Why Americans were choosing to get away from each other when say, their counterparts in western european haven't been, and aren't living anywhere near such isolated, unhealthy lives, is a question worth asking.
IIRC, in prison leaving someone in solitary for an extended time qualifies as torture simply because we're not supposed to be alone. You go nuts
