Sociologist Eric Klinenberg, author of Going Solo, has said that the rise of single people in America has played a role in revitalizing cities, in part because they tend to go out and socialize more than married people do. He also sees another benefit: “In a moment like this,” Klinenberg told Smithsonian magazine, “living alone is one way to get a kind of restorative solitude, a solitude that can be productive, because your home can be an oasis from the constant chatter and overwhelming stimulation of the digital urban existence.”13
