6 Reasons Having a Roommate Is Actually the Freakin' Best

Having a roommate can make you feel safer. "This is especially true if you work an evening job and hate coming home from work in the dark," Langham continued. "It can be scary to enter an empty, dark apartment or house." But if you have someone there and they come home before you or at the same time as you, you'll feel less anxious about going home at night.