"The hotel - they have limits as well, you can't live there forever,"
"When you don't know where you're gonna be at the end of the night, it puts a lot of stress on you."
"I feel, with male roommates, the goal is that you pretend the other person doesn't exist, and each just lives in their own world. So as long as I feel I can do that, then I'm fine."
"It's not necessarily that people in their 50s and 60s are the biggest group of [people looking for] roommates, but they're definitely the fastest growing,"
One-bedroom rents in San Francisco average nearly $2,700 per month while two-bedroom rents average more than $3,600, about 140% higher than the national average of around $1,500. Many single people seek roommates to reduce costs, but savings remain limited because two-bedroom rents are so high. A bartender named John Nevis moved sight-unseen, found the unit misadvertised, and has been living in a hotel, facing mounting stress and expense. SpareRoom held local speed-roommating events with dozens attending, often with more seekers than available rooms. Users now span a broader age range, with fastest growth among people in their 50s and 60s.
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