Current number of roommates:
One roommate: 46
Two roommates: 36
Three roommates: 13
Four or more roommates: 5
How you met:
Already friends: 53
Through a friend of a friend: 20
Craigslist or similar: 17
Is there an alpha roommate?
Yes, me: 27
Yes, them: 25
No: 45
“The cat:” 1
Has a roommate, past or present, done any of the following?
Eaten your food: 87
Gotten drunk and needed help cleaning themselves up: 52
Stiffed you on the bills: 27
Stolen your stuff: 18
Slept with your significant other: 4
Nicest thing a roommate has ever done for you:
“Agreed to move in with my 75-pound, human-aggressive dog.”
Nicest thing you’ve ever done for a roommate:
“Called an ambulance, stayed at the hospital, and then picked him up the next morning.”
“Bought her wine when she broke up with her boyfriend.”
“Taught her how to change a lightbulb.”
Worst thing a roommate has ever done to you:
“Installed a padlock on the outside of her bedroom door.”
“Ironed my lingerie.”
“Let beef stew sit cold in a pot on our stove for two days.”
“Hoarded rotten food from Au Bon Pain.”
“Put a curse on me.”
“Used my razor.”
“Let randos do coke in our living room.”
“Left a used condom in front of the fridge.”
“Had a party and let someone sleep in my bed. He threw up.”
“Drunkenly urinated on himself in the kitchen.”
“Told me that if I didn’t like the cold—our heat was broken and it was 30 degrees outside—I could move the fuck back to Texas.”
Worst thing you’ve ever done to a roommate:
“Ate all their Raisin Bran.”
“Stole their drugs.”
“Loud sex.”
*Not every survey-taker answered every question.