what is it with Americans and personal space?

[phuckphace]

I've been making plans to move out of my parent's house and get an apartment for over a year now, and now that I've turned 18 and landed my first real full-time job, I can finally make it happen. or at least that's what I thought at first.

I live in a rather snooty bourgeois town, and as you might expect, rent is pretty steep around here. the cheapest 2-bedroom apartment goes for about $900 - $1200 a month, which is stupidly expensive for me to afford on my own. I've had no trouble lining up one roommate, but the second I try to add a second person the other parties balk and call off the plan. so far, everyone I've talked to refuses to live with more than one person, and if I mention adding more they start bitching that it's "too crowded." well no shit Sherlock, that's the price you have to pay in return for being able to live there since you're sharing monthly expenses. If I could get 5 people in total, that would knock down monthly rent to a far more reasonable $180 per person. but no matter how cheap it gets, I always hear "Naaaaaah bro that's too many people for me sorry. at my parent's place I have my own room and shit."

meanwhile, I'm visiting apartments to look around and I'm seeing lots of Mexican families who are packing 12+ people into two-bedroom apartments and having shitloads of money left over for other things because sharing the rent between so many people makes it dirt cheap. I guess that's too much communism for these lily-white honkeys or something because I have yet to meet a white person who didn't bawl about it being prohibitively crowded with more than two people. I say we need to follow the example of the Gomezes, paying extra rent when you don't have to just isn't worth it.

seriously hope I don't get stuck here for several more years :(

[Stronk Serb]

Well, maybe try moving in with a few Mexicans? But what the actual fuck? Four to five guys in two rooms doesn't sound crowded. On mountain trips, eleven of us would pack ourselves in one room.

[sixguy6]

Sounds a bit racist.....

[CosmicNoodle]

I know what you mean, but I'd have to side with the other guys. I can't stand being in a room with another person, even more so if its all night. I just get irritated

[Dalcourt]

I don't think those Mexican families you talk about live like that cuz they think it is fun...I'm sure they'd rather have more room. I totally understand the people who refuse to do that, would not want it either and I'm not lily-white at all ;)

[Horatio Nelson]

I've been making plans to move out of my parent's house and get an apartment for over a year now, and now that I've turned 18 and landed my first real full-time job, I can finally make it happen. or at least that's what I thought at first.

I live in a rather snooty town full of petit bourgeoisie, and as you might expect, rent is pretty steep around here. the cheapest 2-bedroom apartment goes for about $900 - $1200 a month, which is stupidly expensive for me to afford on my own. I've had no trouble lining up one roommate, but the second I try to add a second person the other parties balk and call off the plan. so far, everyone I've talked to refuses to live with more than one person, and if I mention adding more they start bitching that it's "too crowded." well no shit Sherlock, that's the price you have to pay in return for being able to live there since you're sharing monthly expenses. If I could get 5 people in total, that would knock down monthly rent to a far more reasonable $180 per person. but no matter how cheap it gets, I always hear "Naaaaaah bro that's too many people for me sorry. at my parent's place I have my own room and shit."

meanwhile, I'm visiting apartments to look around and I'm seeing lots of Mexican families who are packing 12+ people into two-bedroom apartments and having shitloads of money left over for other things because sharing the rent between so many people makes it dirt cheap. I guess that's too much communism for these lily-white honkeys or something because I have yet to meet a white person who didn't bawl about it being prohibitively crowded with more than two people. I say we need to follow the example of the Gomezes, paying extra rent when you don't have to just isn't worth it.

seriously hope I don't get stuck here for several more years :(

Hahahaha! That was hilarious.

But seriously. I know what you mean. It's an idea that is somewhat looked down upon by modern America. But it really is efficient and cheap. Allowing of course that the 12 people in the 2 bed-2 bath building don't turn it into an episode of "Hoarders: Buried Alive".

[Cognizant]

I guess it's just the idea that the less people in the space, the more space you get for yourself. I'd honestly rather live with one other person than 4 if it meant I got my own bedroom.

[Typhlosion]

I don't know, BUT I WANT MY SPACE. DON'T EVEN DARE LOOK AT ME USING THE INTERWEBZ. EVEN ON 9GAG.

And, in the start of the year I was living with two more roomates in my frat. It wasn't too comfortable, 'specially in the start. When one got out things vastly improved and two... room-wise, it felt like home.

But 4-6 in a room I can't even imagine. Nope.

[Gamma Male]

Those capitalist pigs! D:



But seriously, I can see where they're coming from.

[Melodic]

I'm gonna say, I've seen Mexicans in crowds up to two or three and I've seen Caucasians living in groups of 12 around here in a One BR home. So it's really a matter of personal preferences honestly.

[Plane And Simple]

Max I'll stand is 2 in a room. More would be okay for as much as 2 weeks, not more. I'm sorry but the concept of home for me is very limited.

[tovaris]

how about triing to rent a garsoniere? Or moving to bosina... Rents are much cheeper there