knb comments on Happiness and Productivity. Living Alone. Living with Friends. Living with Family. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: knb 20 November 2013 03:01:08AM 2 points [-]

I'm an introvert, hometown is Detroit. I was happiest when living with my family, although that may have been because of other factors related to being young. I moved out at 17 to go to college, and lived alone for five years, until I moved in with my current roommate. There is no doubt that living with a roommate has been better for me. I find it is much harder to get into a downward spiral when there is someone else living with me. In spite of this, I do sometimes wish I still lived alone. I know it was worse for me, but it was so much easier.