Out of the top 100 metro areas, Dallas ranks 4th in population and 75th in the percentage of people living alone. I am trying to grapple with the socioeconomic implications of this discovery. We enjoy some of the lowest housing costs in the nation. So what is it about us? Everybody here shacks up in one form or another? We can’t stand solitude?
You can find this and other interesting stats in the “State of Metropolitan America” report from the Brookings Institution. Explore, report, and speculate.
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Simply put…Dallas ranks 1st as the home of the $30,000 millionaire.
People move to North Texas when they’re ready to start families. Easy living, compared with raising a family in the NY metro area.
I know a few “Garbos”.
Or it could simply be that the small single family 2 bedroom houses in my neighborhood often house 10-15 people or 2-3 families.
thats so NOT true !! i know alot of people here and ALL of them live alone..no one wants a roomy here