Roommates can be a serious drag. They have pets. They have friends. Their mere emotions can reduce you to hiding in the dark recesses of your thin-walled room for days. Sometimes, you feel just too old for roommates to be a possibility anymore.
Whatever the reason, Chicago rent prices make living alone a possibility while in other cities (we're looking at you New York, San Francisco, L.A.), living alone is little more than a dream for most.
Chicago rents might be on the rise, but even so, our friends at Zumper discovered a selection of fairly cheap Lincoln Park studios that make a compelling case for living solo in one of the city's most fashionable neighborhoods.