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Millennials Are Abandoning the Postwar Engines of Growth: Suburbs and Autos
Of Two Minds | 12 April 2017 | Charles Hugh Smith

Posted on 04/12/2017 11:25:05 AM PDT by Lorianne

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1 posted on 04/12/2017 11:25:05 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

http://www.oftwominds.com/blogapr17/millennials4-17.html


2 posted on 04/12/2017 11:25:51 AM PDT by Lorianne
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Student loans are forcing these decisions. When you work at Starbucks are paying $600/month on your loans, you’re not going to have much left over for a quality life.


3 posted on 04/12/2017 11:27:17 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Lorianne

Interesting. Tuition at my Alma Mater is $2,000 a semester and they need $100k to get a degree.


4 posted on 04/12/2017 11:27:19 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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You are obviously ignorant of student loan payment programs.

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/college-finance/what-to-do-when-you-can-t-pay-student-loan-1.aspx


5 posted on 04/12/2017 11:36:26 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Lorianne

AND all over the black agitation organizations are complaining that white people are moving back in to the cities that white people moved away from 40 years ago.


6 posted on 04/12/2017 11:36:49 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: Lorianne

Cant blame them for not wanting to live someplace where you have to drive everywhere. especially stores full of the same imported crap that really isnt all that amazing.

Gas + car insurance + maintenance is no joke on the wallet.


7 posted on 04/12/2017 11:37:44 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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a small expensive urban flat requires a lot less furnishings than a 3,000 square foot suburban house.
WTH says they need 3000 sq ft? I raised my family in an 1800 sq ft split level, and we more than comfortable.
8 posted on 04/12/2017 11:39:39 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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Oh sure, you can defer payments if your income is low enough. That doesn’t stop the pile on of interest.


9 posted on 04/12/2017 11:41:50 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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One assumption that may be in error is that Millennials will remain in urban areas as they age, marry, and have children. The reality of poor urban schools and high private school tuition will dictate their moving into the suburbs.
10 posted on 04/12/2017 11:43:28 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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Now, that’s some irony for you!
Student loans got them a job at Starbuck’s? You’re killin’ me!


11 posted on 04/12/2017 11:44:06 AM PDT by Fireone (No more Bushes, Clintons, or Obamas....ever!)
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Exactly, cars are becoming cost prohibitive.

You virtually can’t even work on them anymore.

Most millenials, not all, have absolutely no mechanical inclination either.


12 posted on 04/12/2017 11:48:34 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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The Starbucks employee you cite would have a min required payment of about zilch and balance remaining after 25 years would be forgiven.


13 posted on 04/12/2017 11:49:03 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: oh8eleven

That’s true. Many people raised big families in 800 to 1000 square foot houses. The deal was the older kids moved out as soon as they could.


14 posted on 04/12/2017 11:50:19 AM PDT by Lorianne
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the older kids moved out as soon as they could
LOL ... we couldn't wait to leave the nest!
15 posted on 04/12/2017 11:55:04 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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Different lifestyle.

A good deal of their life occurs about 12 inches in front of their nose.


16 posted on 04/12/2017 11:57:33 AM PDT by dangerdoc (disgruntled)
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You’d practically have to put your entire life on hold in order to get that forgiveness, because any increases of income above the poverty will be used to determine the rate that you’ll be paying.


17 posted on 04/12/2017 11:58:33 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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Interestingly, the children of Millenials--the so-called Generation Z--may do the exact opposite. This upcoming generation will detest living in crowded cities again and they'll move right back out.
18 posted on 04/12/2017 12:04:46 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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That could well be. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.


19 posted on 04/12/2017 12:05:34 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Broadly, much of this seems to be true. However, this is all fine for young Seinfeld/Friends types, but as people start to marry and raise a family they move out of the city.

What is absolutely criminal is the fact that so many kids — and their parents! — have bought into this college scam and allowed their kids to borrow tens of thousands if not amounts north of $100,00 or more.

The high school educational union establishment places incredible pressure on kids to go to the best college possible — and worry about the money later. The ponytailed college professors and administrative support racket further dupe these kids into thinking they are getting something of value by handing over their lifetime of earnings to them right now through loans.

So the bottom line is that educational cartel has seduced mostly middle-class kids into surrendering much of their lifetime earnings to them. The fat professors and college administrations collect all this lucre through distributed loans and live fat and happy while the college kids have, seemingly unknowingly, signed themselves up for a lifetime of indentured servitude, and often their college diploma is not worth much more than a sales receipt.

The whole scam is immoral and criminal.


20 posted on 04/12/2017 12:11:52 PM PDT by Obadiah ("Juuuust a little bit outside...")
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