For first time since 1880s, more young Americans live with parents than partner

Re:For first time since 1880s, more young Americans live wit... by ghaff on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @07:19PM (#11766383)

For that matter, get an hour west of Boston and prices, while they may be higher than the national norm, aren't anywhere close to the Bay area stratosphere. So much of the discussion about housing prices here is about a very narrowly-defined set of urban areas--mostly on the coasts--plus the SV suburbs/exurbs.

It's even unclear how real the urbanization trend is as opposed to a preference for a small set of dense locations by college-educated people in a specific age range.

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Re:For first time since 1880s, more young Americans live wit... by 1872397523 on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @10:55PM (#11767382)

I have seen articles all over the place and comments all over this forum that suggest we all want to move into apartments in the city. I think a lot of it is propaganda by the real-estate industry as they are making ridiculous amounts of money by selling apartments. Governments also benefit as they can save money providing infrastructure.

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Re:For first time since 1880s, more young Americans live wit... by ghaff on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @07:34AM (#11768997)

I don't know about propaganda but, for whatever combination of cause and effect, urban living in a mostly narrow set of locales is more preferred than in the past by a demographic that is well-represented here. However, the pricing complaints are about San Francisco, not Detroit.

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