![]() “I genuinely enjoy living with other people,” Schelldorf says. But with student loans, a high cost of living in the cities where he’s resided-including Washington, D.C., and Tampa, Florida-cohabitation has been beneficial for his lifestyle and, he says, for his mental health. ![]() Over the course of eight years, he’s moved 11 times and has lived with 10 roommates. His search for a compatible roommate hasn’t been a complete bust, Schelldorf says, but it has made him reconsider the way the assorted people he’s lived with have affected his life, both emotionally and financially. This roommate, who declined to comment on their relationship, is not renewing the lease, and Schelldorf, 31, who works for an education-and-health-research nonprofit, again finds himself back at square one: on the internet advertising for a roommate. But Schelldorf won’t have to deal with these annoyances much longer. ![]() ![]() His roommate also leaves doors open long enough for Schelldorf’s Shiba Inu to escape and has a habit of making what Schelldorf considers to be insensitive offhand comments to guests. Alex Schelldorf shares a sunny Chicago apartment with a man who creates messes but who doesn’t, Schelldorf says, clean them up. ![]()
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