I have a group of very close friends that I've lived with off and on for the better part of 15 years - this allows us to sort of "hack" the system, buy up a very extra large house and just have more or less a communal living environment, out in the suburbs. The biggest issue is parking in a cul-de-sac, but currently its a 3600 sq foot house with 7 people living in it - 2 kitchens.
TBH, its great, especially when you compare what you can get for the same mortgage in the city, where even a 2 bedroom is considered too big. Anything over 2.5k sq feet in the city is either a triplex (and thereby 3x as expensive per sq foot), or a mansion that costs >$500/sq foot.
We get to have nice amenities like a hot tub, gym room, etc, and not feel like we have "too much" stuff because almost everything is actually used. It wouldn't work if we wanted to have kids of course, but we're pretty much all lgbt. The social group also has to be not only tight, but also already has good way of dealing with conflict.
TBH, its great, especially when you compare what you can get for the same mortgage in the city, where even a 2 bedroom is considered too big. Anything over 2.5k sq feet in the city is either a triplex (and thereby 3x as expensive per sq foot), or a mansion that costs >$500/sq foot.
We get to have nice amenities like a hot tub, gym room, etc, and not feel like we have "too much" stuff because almost everything is actually used. It wouldn't work if we wanted to have kids of course, but we're pretty much all lgbt. The social group also has to be not only tight, but also already has good way of dealing with conflict.