Even though you might occasionally miss having someone there to help you zip up your dress, living alone is great. Really! It's one of my favorite things about being single.

And I'm not alone. More people than ever are choosing to live alone and loving it. Inspired by the rising trend of solitary living, a team at ForRent.com (which offers thousands of apartment listings nationwide) put together an infographic to visually celebrate the trend, using input from Eric Klinenberg's Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone.

They're letting us share it with you, Smitten readers, because we know a lot of you girls know how to embrace the single life! Solo-living ladies, behold:

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Infographic: ForRent.com