# L.A.T.

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2013-09-16
**Categories:** lat, living-apart-together, new-york, new-york-times, new-york-university, nyu, uncategorized
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/lat

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In case you needed one more piece of evidence that household and family dynamics are changing, here’s a relationship arrangement that you may not have heard of but that’s seemingly growing in popularity: living apart together. Essentially, it’s when a couple is together, but has decided to live in two separate places, which could mean down the street, in another neighbourhood, or in a completely different borough. This may sound odd, but: “The arrangement has surprising appeal, perhaps because it protects against the constant churning in people’s domestic lives,” said Mr. Klinenberg, a sociology professor at New York University. “Many people who live alone are in relationships that are quite meaningful. And the arrangement is especially attractive in New York, which has such a thriving public culture and little stigma about how people live their lives.” This certainly reinforces the trend towards more and more people living alone - creating an obvious impact on housing typologies. But it’s not something I see as being desirable. Perhaps because I haven’t been divorced 3 times and become sufficiently jaded towards the institution of marriage. What do you think of this? Would you do it?

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