High Rents Are Forcing Baby Boomers To Seek Roommates—and Some Enjoy It

Over the past few years, 72-year-old cinematographer David West saw his whole world fell apart.

“My 22-year marriage ended, after raising four kids,” he tells Realtor.com®. “The strikes in Hollywood knocked out union and nonunion jobs, and many of them didn’t come back. I lost my brother and my dog. My whole world just collapsed for some reason.”

When he moved out of the home he shared with his wife in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles, the asking rents he encountered were astronomical…

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