The staggering money millennials must pay for housing and student debt also explains the decline of ground-floor retail---they have no money left.
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no wonder we spend all our extra income on experiences/escape (travel, intoxicants) and not stuff
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Surprised we don't realize how much of our prosperity flows from the type of nuclear family that was common until Gen X. We need to be a tolerant society, but we probably need to preserve an 80-20 type ratio where the 80% are doing things "the old way" to keep the economy going.
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This is where you will run into resistance, reluctance and hopelessness. At present, many of us feel like 'traditional' modes of family (American Nuclear Family in specific), economics, etc that you allude to is not sustainable at a species level. Then you get to specifics.
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Sitting here at the edge of Gen X and Millennial land at age 41 - it is all around too bad for you. Limited retirement savings, few jobs with retirements savings as an option (including right now), no social safety net, no money for a down payment for a house. And invisible.
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Well... At least we'll be dealing with this crap together. We're not going to be alone.
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We are all beyond screwed.
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"We are all beyond screwed." Now, now...don't be Debbie D. Flooring choices and appliance placement require a lot of positive mental attitude.
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To be fair though, according to the boomers who block new housing, boomers are "alpha species" to which all others should service:https://twitter.com/nextdoorsv/status/1121847740554776576 …
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"Welcome to the jungle, also I will call for SWAT if a car backfires 5 miles away"
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