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A country of roommates

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A country of roommates

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article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/household-finances/article-in-10-years-will-canada-be-a-country-of-roommates/

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  • SuperIce@lemmy.world
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    Oh my God they were roommates

  • simulacra_simulacrum@lemmy.world
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    I used to live with roommates. I still do, but I used to as well.

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      Don’t worry many towns have laws against roommates I am sure with conservation fascism taking a hold in the world that this will soon be against the law period.

      • simulacra_simulacrum@lemmy.world
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        What towns have laws against roommates?

        • joby@programming.dev
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          They used to be called brothel laws. They’re usually written as a limit to how many adults who aren’t related can share an address.

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            That’s interesting. Do you have a source?

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              https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/05/zoning-laws-nuclear-modern-family-definition/674117/

              https://www.freeadvice.com/legal/zoning-laws-on-unrelated-people-living-together-in-the-same-house/

              https://medium.com/fourth-wave/want-to-share-a-rental-with-roommates-in-some-places-thats-illegal-f3594c0b0c0

              https://www.floodlaw.net/landlords-beware-four-unrelated-persons-equal-a-rooming-house/

              https://evanstonnow.com/three-unrelated-rule-is-a-barrier-to-housing-affordability/

              I found these on “google” if you’ve ever checked that site out.

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                Ha. Thanks for doing my homework for me. I honestly don’t know what my original sources were… I’ve been aware of the existence of “brothel laws” for ages. I lived in a large intentional community (read: commune, but avoiding sexual connotations at least in a US context) for a long time and running afoul of brothel laws in the past was something I learned about there.

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                  Ah I see where the confusion is. The original article referenced Canada. The brothel laws you sourced look like they’re from the US

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    And they were roommates!

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      Roommates to the left of me, roommates to the right. Will there be any non-roommate people left if liberals are allowed to put pro-roommate books in our school’s libraries?

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        This is the future that liberals want!

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    I’m 37. I’m on disability in BC for my mental health. I have 5 random craigslist roommates in a dilapidated old house. There are no other options. I hate having roommates, I prefer to live alone with some dignity. There is ALWAYS some shitty, childish drama going on, it’s exhausting being the oldest.

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    • ogoflowgo@lemmy.world
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      I’m not your cohabitant, bunkie.

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      Removed by mod

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    It’d be wild if this was posted 10 years ago but we’ll never know

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      I hate articles that don’t include publish dates almost as much as I hate local news sources that don’t list the city and state they are in.

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      Its not perfect but you can check archive websites for the dates that stories were archived: https://archive.is/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/household-finances/article-in-10-years-will-canada-be-a-country-of-roommates/ in this case, October 26th.

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        The last / was missing from your link. This one should work.

  • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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    I call top bunk!

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