As rents in many major real estate markets like San Francisco and Los Angeles soar, taking on a roommate to help pay the bills has become a trend. While having a roommate may make things easier financially, there are also disadvantages in having one.
The Wisconsin-based rental website Abodo.com surveyed more than 2,000 US residents who share their home with a roommate and discovered that having a rommate who pays their share of rent late is not the worst faux pas one can experience when sharing a home with another person. The survey uncovered worse behaviors such as stealing and vomiting in communal areas.
The rental site compiled 30 of the worst behaviors of shared-living arrangements and found out that complaints varied according to state and gender of the people sharing a home.
Abodo.com revealed the top 10 offensive behaviors which include stealing, peeing or puking on the floor, not paying rent, disrespecting guests, not picking up after pets, breaking something and not fixing it, being loud on purpose while the other is resting, being "sexiled" from a shared bedroom, leaving dirty dishes and hitting on friends or exes. Stealing tops the list with a rate of 95.34 percent.
Coming not far behind at 88 percent is being "sexiled" which according to the Urban Dictionary means being banished from a shared room while your roommate is having intercourse with his or her significant other while you stand outside looking at a sock on the door.
These annoying behaviors do not only occur within the college set. Nearly a third of working aged adults (23 to 65 year old) in the US share their homes with roommates according to Zillow.com.
For instance, a Southern Califronia High School drama teacher who is now in her 40s shared an unpleasant experience with her roommate. Monica R., as she requested to be named, related, "I asked him a question about the rent and he's standing there naked but for a strategically-placed wash cloth. Totally clueless."
In 2015, the average rent of real estate properties in the US has climbed to $1,350 a month from about $1,200 a month in 2011.
