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Nearly half of 18 to 29 year old Americans still living with parents -- (link*)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Dec 19 '22, 08:29

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49.5% in 2020, 48% in 2021. Was < 30% in 1960 (qz.com)

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I would like to see this overlain with % married. I bet it's super correlated. -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 19, 08:58 4
- Right? My mom talks about how she felt like the old spinster because all her friends got married earlier than her. - ty97 Dec 19, 09:16 3
  - ross and teresa got married at 24. that felt so young to me, but they had friends who married at 19. -- nm - judge amanda jones Dec 19, 09:33 2
    - I was 24 and my wife 21 when we got married. In retrospect it seems like we were babies - oblique Dec 19, 10:02
    - I was married at 24 - decline Dec 19, 09:45
The chart is interesting. This percentage has been rising for decades, it not some sudden huge jump. -- nm - ty97 Dec 19, 08:45
Extended adolescence due to longer lifespans -- nm - rollo Dec 19, 08:33 10
- also, cost of living. i don't know how the 20-somethings working in retail or starbucks can afford to live in toronto. -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 09:02 9
  - The 2 go hand in hand. We didn't expect 16 year olds working at McDonalds to be able to live on their own in 1995. The 24 yr old at S'bux - rollo Dec 19, 09:16 8
    - i bet there are a lot of college grads working at starbucks actually (not by choice). -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 09:17 7
      - Most of those are not using their degree to do so, which puts them still in the grey area between "student" and "professional" that we used to reserve - rollo Dec 19, 09:21 5
        
        sure, no argument. but that doesn't really change the financial truth that living costs more for people in that situation now than it did 20 years ago -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 09:27 4
        
        We're emphasizing different nuances of the debate (cost of living v. redefined adolescence) but we share the same conclusion (living at home longer); - rollo Dec 19, 09:37 1
        
        oh, i understand it, people have no choice. I just don't think it's good that young people are literally unable to live in cities on their own. -- (edited) - Andie Dec 19, 09:39
        
        I wonder how different an urban lifestyle is today from 60 years ago. I totally get that rural living would've meant you perhaps were able to grow - oblique Dec 19, 09:30 1
        
        this is just here, but this is the type of rent increases that are happening locally: - Andie Dec 19, 09:33
      - but also - whatever the entry level jobs are now vs then, i could live here with my crap salary out of university. - Andie Dec 19, 09:19

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