Still, as TV has taught us, the single-occupant home can be a breeding ground for eccentricities. Think of Claire Danes’s C.I.A. employee in “Homeland,” who turns her Georgetown one-bedroom into a control bunker for an ad hoc spying operation.

Gee thanks NY Times for explaining to me the dangers of living alone - that I may develop bi-polar and turn my bachelor pad into a illegal surveillance unit. At least I can stop worrying about being nearly 30 and living in a tiny room in split level share-house in Toronto with no living room, because - ah! - I have housemates - and they will stop me from turning into Kramer from Seinfeld.

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