Quotation

Going Solo

the Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone
CONSIDER SWEDEN, where about 47 percent of all households have just one resident (compared to about 28 percent in the United States), or more specifically Stockholm, wher a staggering 60 percent of all dwellings are occupied by someone who lives alone. Like the United States, Sweden has a deep-seated cultural legacy of individualism and self reliance... its role as an ultra-modern nation, a place where citizens would benefit from their nations collective prosperity and the privileges it afforded..."Do you know why so many of us live a lone?" ... He quickly answers his own question: "Because we can." p213-216