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Re:The majority of 18- to 29-year-olds in the US are now liv... by asiachick on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @08:47PM (#24499916)
I think your random sampling of people is just unlucky. It's not my experience the people living intergenerationally are unhappy. It's normal here in Asia. I know of no one complaining. It's very common to see 50s mom and 20s daughters spending days together as friends. Browse a dating site and it's not uncommon to see people even in their 40s living with parents. It's also not uncommon for people to move out for collage and move back in 4 to 10 years later with zero stigma

I have feeling you could make an argument that getting your own place is either an indirect or possible direct consequence of marketing. Lots of companies stand to make more money if they promote you moving out on your own. Ikea has at least one famous ad telling you to move out of your parent's house

https://www.google.com/search?q=time+to+leave+home+ikea

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Re:The majority of 18- to 29-year-olds in the US are now liv... by bobthepanda on Friday September 18, 2020 @01:12PM (#24519301)
The economic incentives are the whole thing.

Had the US not participated the suburban American dream, the excess WWII capacity would be wasted instead of being redirected to home construction, auto manufacturing, and all manner of new industry. And we would’ve plunged into yet another depression.

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