She cleaned houses on Long Island, where she shared rented rooms with six roommates.
She lived in a shared rented apartment and had $5,000 in savings.
She's living in a shared rented flat, she tells me, but is moving out "because I want to find somewhere cheaper".
My partner spent an unpaid month volunteering in Philadelphia, working out of a cold office with shared, rented cellphones and no computers.
We are shared, rented and occupied".
They decided to share rent on communal premises, share invitation lists and hold joint exhibition openings.
But while Americans have been slower to adopt Internet-arranged carpooling, they have eagerly embraced other kinds of "collaborative consumption," in which individuals use the Web to share, rent or sell their own goods and services.
Shift this to a higher-cost community, like Chicago, while utilities, food and public transportation costs will be similar, housing costs will mean you almost certainly need to be sharing rent.
Those who flock to Bangalore to join giants of the local software industry such as Wipro and Infosys will often share rented accommodation with colleagues.
By the second year they will be starting a whole new phase, happily sharing rented flats and houses with the friends they have made.
