Re:The Typical American Lives Only 18 Miles from Mom
by Kinnard on Friday December 25, 2015 @01:34PM
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I think this is terribly, painfully ironic. It's arguing that Americans are living closer to home in order to support their aging elders.
18 Miles is not close!!! That's a commute. You have to commute to see your mother, or for her to see her grandchildren. I haven't traveled far and wide. But based on the few places I have been this is bizarre and unhealthy.
In West Africa, parents either live with you or a few doors down. A few miles away at most, always within walking distance.
I think this is the broad case across the planet and in human history.
I also think it's way healthier.
18 Miles is not close!!! That's a commute. You have to commute to see your mother, or for her to see her grandchildren. I haven't traveled far and wide. But based on the few places I have been this is bizarre and unhealthy. In West Africa, parents either live with you or a few doors down. A few miles away at most, always within walking distance. I think this is the broad case across the planet and in human history. I also think it's way healthier.