Roommates are not necessarily strangers. If you are arguing living with parents doesn't decrease loneliness over living alone... I'm going to argue that's a non intuitive argument. That doesn't mean you are wrong necessarily but it does mean I'm probably going to question it.
As far as I can tell this hasn't really been studied, at least this paper from 2019 on loneliness says "There
is virtually no literature that looks at socioeconomic status as the independent variable."
I'll say this again - it's completely absurd to ignore the issue of class / wealth inequality when considering access to social situations that decrease loneliness.
And it's dumb beyond words to write a fucking Harvard paper on loneliness and not mention wealth inequality once.
I don't believe these statements need to be backed up by science to be self-evident, and worthy of research. That's a tautology, and a dumb one.
And it's dumb beyond words to write a fucking Harvard paper on loneliness and not mention wealth inequality once.
I don't believe these statements need to be backed up by science to be self-evident, and worthy of research. That's a tautology, and a dumb one.