Why so many Americans are living alone

By Claire Hyman
Living alone
In this Thursday, March 18, 2021 file photo, Bonney Ginett looks out the window of her apartment in the Queens borough of New York. Robert Bumsted/Associated Press
Living alone
In this Thursday, March 18, 2021 file photo, Bonney Ginett looks out the window of her apartment in the Queens borough of New York. Robert Bumsted/Associated Press

Why so many Americans are living alone

By Claire Hyman
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Reset brings on a sociologist to discuss why more Americans are choosing to live alone. Plus, we open the phones for listeners to chime in with the things they love about habbitating solo and what would make it easier.

GUEST: Eric Klinenberg, sociologist at New York University and author of Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone