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> elsewhere but not renting it.

I live in London. if I somehow manage to buy an apartment with spare bedrooms, damn right I'm renting it out!

I guess it is not so norm in USA. I've seen friends renting together apartment, but not owner living in one room and renting out another room.

Surely the USA varies a lot. New York may be a close approximation. What's that like?

Yes, owners definitely rent out rooms in New York apartments.

Or hang a sheet across the living room and rent out the new extra "room."

Ah, another city with a permanent housing crisis!

nope, with too many people :)

If it persists, it's the same thing really.

I have actually done this. Well, it was a heavy curtain.

Not necessarily. In fact, I went to high school in NYC and I distinctly remember my 10th grade History teacher reminding us repeatedly "New York city is nothing like the rest of America!"

I left the city decades ago: he's right!

Is that legal in London? It's illegal where I live (Santa Barbara, CA), but lots of people do it anyway.

What makes you think it's illegal to rent out rooms in Santa Barbara, CA?

Yes it is legal and the Government provide a tax incentive to do it - https://www.gov.uk/rent-room-in-your-home/the-rent-a-room-sc...

Hell if it's illegal to rent rooms in SB. What makes you think that?

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