Many young post-grad people in today's economy are living with their parents while repaying their humongous student loans, yeah. Ironically, programming from the bedroom instead of going to a physical college may be a better way to obtain a place of your own sooner, heh.
Studio apartments aren't a thing anymore?
Pretty common in Europe and AFAIK not entirely unknown in high-rent Metropolitan areas worldwide (NYC, Tokyo etc.)
I was more talking about _not just_ young people. Studio apartments/small "bachelor pads" exist outside of pure age brackets or even affordability. Something bigger might not be available if you want to live close enough to work/city centre/etc. and/or it might be more common in your culture (Japan/Europe vs. US).
In other words: I don't see why a one-room situation should be restricted to young people.
A studio apartment is a one room apartment that usually has living space, bed and kitchen utilities all in one room. I’m not sure if you understood that. People tend to go for them because they’re cheaper.
With the exception of extremes like California on the high end and rural Appalachia on the low end cheap housing costs about the same (differing by ~ a few hundred a month) in most American cities.
I would recommend moving to a different country before I’d recommend moving to the rural US, that’s a dead end especially if you need the internet for work.
