Re:Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises t...
by aphextron on Thursday December 22, 2016 @07:05AM
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This seems like a huge cultural difference from the west. I personally can't imagine having lived with my parents into my 20s. The people I know who did are mostly far more dependent. I think this has a lot to do with our focus on individuality. I don't think I would have developed into the person I am today without having dealt with the hardships of making my own way in life as an independent person. I can absolutely see the financial and emotional benefits, but I would feel constantly stifled and unable to be my own person with that level of family intrusion in my life.
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Re:Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises t...
by gaius on Thursday December 22, 2016 @07:38AM
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Well not "the West" - Italians live at their parents home as long as they can too.
Re:Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises t...
by emptyfile on Thursday December 22, 2016 @08:25AM
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Well I'm not from Italy but from Croatia which IIRC has the highest percentage of at-home young people in the EU.
Here it's very much not cultural. Youth unemployment is 50% and people are dirt poor.
Re:Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises t...
by dforrestwilson1 on Thursday December 22, 2016 @09:15AM
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This is a recent phenomenon, mostly localized to the U.S. It happened after WW2 in the 1950s I believe. There's no reason it will continue.
Re:Percentage of Young Americans Living with Parents Rises t...
by 1982734234 on Thursday December 22, 2016 @08:29AM
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I don't think it is merely cultural. It has to be a genetic difference between people of particular areas.