Posted on 01/12/2024 11:32:41 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
The rising cost of housing is keeping many Gen Zers from living on their own.
A recent Credit Karma survey of 1,249 U.S. adults found that 31 percent of Gen Z live at home with a parent or other family member.
And this number could go up.
Among Gen Zers that have left the nest, 27 percent told Credit Karma that they can no longer afford their rent.
The struggle to make rent is causing some to reconsider their living arrangements, with 25 percent of Gen Z and millennial renters saying they are thinking about moving in with family or friends to make ends meet.
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Don’t forget what they spend on tattoos, talon fingernails, hair weaves and fake lashes.
My libertarian son got that way by being an Econ major at a college in the UK, I believe, although he always trended “left” from a very young age. Doesn’t seem to believe much in borders/the nation-state, abandoned Christianity, and likes crypto.
He’s a good guy though, and married, and smart and otherwise reasonable. Maybe after he has kids he’ll trend a bit more right.
Perhaps he will change, someday; one can always hope for that. In the meantime, I’ll pray that he wakes up to reality sooner than later.
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