[Vermont Lt]

Gen Z was born from 1997 to 2012. If they are distributed equally, nearly 60% of them are under 21. The oldest are 27.

I know I did not have a mortgage at 27. I had barely just gotten married.

ALL of these articles about Gen Z this or Gen Z that make definitive statements about the generation are just ridiculous. Half the generational cohort cannot even sign a contract yet. 12% of them can rent a car on vacation.

In short they are kids. Like, middle school and high school kids.

[doorgunner69]

They are the tick tock generation.

That alone explains much.

[HIDEK6]

I know I did not have a mortgage at 27.

Not only did I have a mortgage at 27, I had just been honorably discharged from my 6 year military obligation, thus fulfilling a duty of citizenship.

[acapesket]

Mine was born in 1994, He’s all about being more successful than his hyper successful Dad!
I am loving the Competition!!!!

[nopardons]

Not only that, but what about the kids who were born in the teens and 1920s and all of a sudden the GREAT DEPRESSION hit and lasted far longer than it should have, due to the Fed Gov.!

What about the WAR BABIES, who were squooshed between that generation and the Boomers?

There are good times and bad times and people have ALWAYS had to cope with them. So what's the difference now? NONE! Well, okay, there's Tik Tok, the net, and journalists who only write FEAR PORN!