Living alone was awesome, and while obviously it's great living with my wife, there are advantages that we both sometimes miss - she had her own place as well when we started going out. It did take some getting used to. But it's much harder in the Boston area. I was in Nashville when I had my own place, and I had a two bedroom apartment for literally half of what we're paying on a 1-bed now. That was unusually cheap even for Nashville, but still.

Moving further out will help a bit with rent, but demand is high everywhere. If you stay where you are now, you might be stuck with a studio. Not necessarily the end of the world if you don't have a ton of stuff, but it is nice to have separate rooms.