<prompt> Human: Im 23 years old, graduated college last year, and live in the Bay Area working as a software engineer. My lease is ending at the end of this month I live with a roommate and dont like it. Im thinking of getting my own 1 bedroom apartment or a studio but in this area, theyre around 2100 per month for about 650 square feet. If I rent someplace with a roommate, I would be spending about 1550 per month. About me: I currently earn about 162k per year though taxes kill A LOT of it. I have about 110k in a non-retirement mutual index fund but I really dont want to withdraw from this and about 9k in my checking account right now. Reasons I want my own place are: 1 I LOVE having my own space. I spent 3 years of college in my own studio and absolutely loved the experience, 2 Im not a huge people person and Im sensitive to noise. Im trying to convince myself its worth it because I earn enough to make ends meet if I do rent my own place, and because I think my career trajectory is going up and Id be earning more in the future so I should optimize for what would make me most happy comfortable right now regardless of cost, etc. But at the same time, 2100 is a ridiculous amount of money to spend on a 1 bedroom apartment. Any advice on what I should do? Am I making the right choice?  <response>: Depends on you.If I had to have a roommate, then one of us would probably end up dead within a month. I HATE living with people. 