Are roommates in Manhattan and San Francisco ready to kill each other?

“Shelter in place” orders may be a bit unpleasant for the typical American suburban family or those Americans wealthy enough to have their own apartments. But what about for densely packed roommates in our cities where housing costs far outstrip median incomes?

Consider four young people in New York City who are sharing a $3500/month two-bedroom apartment. On entering this arrangement they may have said “I don’t really need to know or like these other people because I’m never going to be here. I work 10 hours per day and then I’m out in the city until bedtime.” Now they’re together with these virtual strangers 24/7.

7 thoughts on “Are roommates in Manhattan and San Francisco ready to kill each other?

  1. and those four young people have no idea how to cook, because they were fed each day by companies.

  2. Yes if one or two roomies are eating up all the food in the house and hasn’t contributed to anything but lay around all day playing video games.

    Yes if one person refuses to wash their hands before touching my stuff and he/she haven’t showed in two weeks and has cigarette butts all over the shared space.

    Yes if you’ve always hated your flatmate/roomies.

  3. My roommate and I had the perfect schedule until the stay home rule. Now, i teach at home, but lucky my second job takes me away from home two days. I miss having time alone. The good thing is that we have separate bedrooms. I spend a lot of time in my room

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  4. Yes, totally. I’ve started looking for covid discounts on tiny studios just to get away from them. I’m the only one still with a job and they resent me working from home every day. We used to only see each other like 30 minutes a night and didn’t even have overlap in the mornings. Not only am I the only one working, but also the only one cleaning. Our shared space has no windows and is so dark and stuffy. This is in Brooklyn. We used to all work in Manhattan. This is our third week stuck at home.

    • Sounds like D is bailing out, not only because everyone is home, but he fears eviction is inevitable and he is covering his ass. Many Brooklyn hipsters aren’t so hip ,now that they want to dip. There’s no reason for a dirty house if you’re at home doing nothing, house cleaning can be useful as a way to take your mind off daily issues.
      I am fortunate to live alone and out of the city but when it’s time to go back to work, living outside the city limits can be a burden on my wallet, coupled with rent, Metro North monthly tickets $450 and subway fares. I now have to figure out how I’m going to pay this months rent alone, having roomies helps to distract you from these concerns, but a messy house and no money is too much… unless the flatmates already have this month’s rent stashed away.
      I’ll never roommate with men..
      NEVER but just as CAUTIOUS about women. I am a introvert, and I love solitude and quiet 🤫

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