The entire premise of the original show hinged on the fact that if you were out of school, working for a living, and not married, you were expected to either live on your own, or find some roommates and pool your resources to pay the rent.
Today, the whole "platonic roommates" demographic, while not completely gone, is a FAR smaller portion of the population. Where it was once embarrassing to be a certain age and still living with parents or a relative, today it's considered completely "normal". It's also presumed that if you're "living with" someone that you're also romantically involved with them, so the whole "platonic roommate" status has for the most part fallen by the wayside.
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