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NikolaeVarius | karma 5727 | avg karma 2.92 · 2017-04-04 10:50:46

Why do you assume it is a western thing.

Have you ever been to Asia? It's extremely common in China/Korea/Japan

hkmurakami | karma 18245 | avg karma 3.63 · 2017-04-04 15:43:33+00:00

Japanese people almost never have roommates. They instead live in apartments that are very small.

The flat sharing / house sharing movement is very young there and only applies to a very small number of young people.