Living alone
First Time Living Alone? These Gadgets Will Make You Feel Safe
WiFi-enabled pepper spray, smart locks, and easy-to-install door and window locks will help you sleep like an unbothered angel.
Of Course Millennials Want to Stay Home—It's All We Can Afford to Do
Today's solo dwellers are less likely to design their homes around entertaining others than previous generations were. That makes sense: We're busy, on a tight budget, and exhausted.
Does Living Alone Make You a Happier, Better Adult?
More Canadians than ever are living alone. Here’s what that means.
How to Live Alone Without Losing Your Shit
A psychologist walks us through the daunting realities of flying solo.
How Scared Should I Be of Living Alone?
If you're not splitting rent with someone else, you might need to worry about choking, falling, or becoming weird.
The Aimless Purgatory of Being a Teen Refugee
More than 42,000 minors entered Germany alone last year seeking protection from conflict zones. Most of them are teens, hoping to adapt to a new culture on their own.
How to Live Alone Without Going Crazy
Living alone is a luxury, but it comes with perils, like the risk of becoming depressed or simply weird.
People Told Us About the Worst Roommates They've Ever Had
"I went home, and the apartment was on fire."
The Peculiar Case of a Modern-Day Hermit
Does solitude destroy the human psyche, or does it allow us to see the world clearly?
A New Study Shows That if You Live Alone, You Probably Eat Like Shit
Who needed vegetables, fruits, or fish if no one's watching you eat garbage?
In Praise of Being a Single Woman with No Need for Marriage
We are living in the age of the single woman—I should know, because I'm one of them, and I'm fine with it.