I watched a documentary recently titled “Single”. Written and produced by Richard Atkinson and Jane Scandurra, the documentary focuses on the changes in demographics among young people throughout the world. For the first time ever, the majority of U.S. households are now headed by an unmarried person, that’s 50.7 million households. One hundred million adults in America are single, that’s 36 percent of all voters and 44 percent of the workforce. This demographic contributes $1.6 trillion in annual consumer spending. The majority of single women are also homeowners and they make up 22 percent of new homebuyers compared to 9 percent of single men. Yet unmarried women are also the largest group of non-voters in the U.S. That’s really sad! There are more households of people who live alone than there are married couples with children. From 1972 to 2004 the marriage rate dropped to 50 percent, a big drop in a short period of time. The documentary asked a critical question; “What has happened to women over the last 25 years?” The economic and legal independence women have received has been a substantial contributor, but experts in the documentary said it is primarily due to women’s increased participation in education. The majority of college students are women, the majority of college graduates are women and they are most likely to receive a graduate degree. I guess the point of all of this is that things are really changing. The way we live and our lifestyles are changing and we need to adapt. One of the things that I think about is our current living situations. We need more options that reflect the way we want to live. Not everyone wants to own a home, therefore we need to look at additional alternative housing options.