Eric Klinenberg and Jerilyn Perine
On February 7, 2013, Jerilyn Perine, Executive Director of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council, sat down with NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg at MCNY to discuss his new book, Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone. The conversation centered on the dramatic rise in individuals choosing to live alone, a profound demographic shift transforming both economic and cultural life around the world. Klinenberg dispelled many impressions that people tend to have about “singletons,” the term he uses to describe those choosing to live alone, such as that singletons are anti-social or that this is a uniquely American condition. On the contrary, he explained, the data shows that individuals who live by themselves are consistently more socially active (go out to meet friends and family, volunteer with civic organizations, etc.) than their married or non-singleton counterparts, and that the rise of living alone is a thoroughly global phenomenon.
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