Even before the coronavirus struck, living alone had a bad reputation. It routinely got conflated with being isolated and lonely. Better reasoning, and better research, dismantles that sloppy thinking. Consider, for example, a study I described here previously that was based on more than 16,000 people ranging in age from 18 to 103. It showed that when you compare people living alone to people of similar means living with others, the people who live alone are actually less lonely. … [Read more...] about Who’s Safe? Living Alone May Be Better Than Youth or Wealth
