Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises to 75-Year High

Re:Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises t... by niftich on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @11:41PM (#13234876)

Culturally, many contemporary societies in Southern Europe -- including places like Italy's boot, Spain, and Greece -- place a strong emphasis on family and don't subscribe as much to the brand of fiercely self-reliant individualism manifested in America that evolved from the 'protestant work ethic'.

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Re:Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises t... by icebraining on Thursday December 22, 2016 @03:00AM (#13235715)

I'd say it's mostly because we're fucking poor. France isn't protestant either, yet they leave the home much earlier. Looking at the map, it seems to correlate pretty strongly with income: http://i.imgur.com/KIPcRbM.png

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Re:Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises t... by raverbashing on Thursday December 22, 2016 @03:17AM (#13235775)

> Italy's boot

So are you referring to all of Italy or are you saying this doesn't apply to Sicily (or other islands)?

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Re:Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises t... by hangsi on Thursday December 22, 2016 @07:41AM (#13236863)

Socioeconomic analysis of Italy normally sees a distinction between the wealthier, more industrial Northern half (e.g. cities like Milan) and the poorer, more agricultural, mafia-troubled Southern half (e.g. Naples) normally including Sicily and Sardinia too. A rough line for the split could be about the latitude of Rome.

"Italy's boot" here corresponds to this Southern Italy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Italy

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/15/world/north-south-divide-i...

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Re:Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises t... by raverbashing on Thursday December 22, 2016 @08:04AM (#13236972)

Thanks, I wasn't familiar with the expression in that context

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