quote:You can't say that!!!!!!!! It's all about "equal opportunity" and "diversity" equaling the same results.. We can't bring culture into the discussion.
I wonder how much ethnic demographics play into this. A lot of ethnicities consider it normal to live with the parents until marriage, regardless of financial circumstances. That's how they end up owning all the gas stations and nightclubs.
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What exactly is an "ethnic demographic"? All demographics have an ethnicity.
What age range qualifies one as a millennial?
18-34, but I don't agree...I went to a bar after an Astros game and realized I have absolutely nothing in common with someone that's 21-24. I'm only 29
I think there is a definite gap in our generation.
I think there is a definite gap in our generation.
quote:Don't know how many millennials will get that, which in this case is probably a good thing.quote:We're turning Japanese? Do you really think so?
We're turning into the Japanese minus the education and work ethic.
quote:My god, that's one serious persecution complex you have there.
Has the media not given this phenomenon some sort of desperate sounding name, like the Great Recession of 07-08? Or do we just do that when Republicans are in office?
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quote:quote:My god, that's one serious persecution complex you have there.
Has the media not given this phenomenon some sort of desperate sounding name, like the Great Recession of 07-08? Or do we just do that when Republicans are in office?
Nah, not really. I just happened to read the phrase "great recession" the other day and wanted to work it in.
quote:Fair enough. I'll take my snark elsewhere.quote:quote:My god, that's one serious persecution complex you have there.
Has the media not given this phenomenon some sort of desperate sounding name, like the Great Recession of 07-08? Or do we just do that when Republicans are in office?
Nah, not really. I just happened to read the phrase "great recession" the other day and wanted to work it in.
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I think there is a large divide in this generation. Half of us were kicked out at 16 (myself included). Half us us were told everything was sunshine and roses. Leads to a very volatile, divided political climate. No one agrees on moderation.
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Home ownership by Americans has receded back to 1967 levels. It's taken Obama just 6 years to regress Americans standard of living 48.
Y'all are engaged in generation squabbling but the very worst part of the disaster has happened in the last 6 years. "The problem with socialism is sooner or later you run out of other people's money" Margret Thacher.
Y'all are engaged in generation squabbling but the very worst part of the disaster has happened in the last 6 years. "The problem with socialism is sooner or later you run out of other people's money" Margret Thacher.
quote:So....you went to where HE lives, and fake-raged like you wanted to burn him in effigy? Okay tough guy...don't think he was the moronic one there....
The only worse than a millennial is an Oriental one.
The only thing worse than that is a millennial bearded Oriental.
The only thing worse than that is an overweight, millennial, bearded Oriental.
The only thing worse than that is all the above with a tattoo sleeve.
Saw one today in Cali and it took all had in me from not setting him on fire.
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Damn phone...
Anyways, I'm Hispanic, and my mom wanted me to move back home...
They're in Dallas, I know live in Houston. Lol
Anyways, I'm Hispanic, and my mom wanted me to move back home...
They're in Dallas, I know live in Houston. Lol
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Home ownership by Americans has receded back to 1967 levels. It's taken Obama just 6 years to regress Americans standard of living 48.
Y'all are engaged in generation squabbling but the very worst part of the disaster has happened in the last 6 years. "The problem with socialism is sooner or later you run out of other people's money" Margret Thacher.
why do people bring up home ownership over and over again like it's the only story?
A HUGE reason why home ownership is receding is because in the last decade people are choosing more and more to live in denser urban spaces. This isn't the 60s anymore where the "dream" is to own a little house with a white picket fence. With the cleaning up and revitalization of urban centers it's increasingly desirable to live in more urban places, which means apartments. Do you think people renting $3000 a month apartments in downtown Dallas do so because they can't afford to buy a house?
Another HUGE driver of people choosing to living in apartments instead of houses is, and this is gonna really piss off TexAgs, higher oil prices. Expensive oil means that houses are disproportionately expensive to heat in the winter and cool in the summer. It also means gasoline is more expensive, so people are less inclined to buy houses in the suburbs where they have to fork over hundreds of dollars a month to buy gas to drive too and from work, when they can rent really nice apartments closer to work. But let's just ignore that, since the TexAgs hive mind goes all chicken little whenever oil drops a few bucks.
I'm not saying there aren't economic reasons that push home ownership down and that the government isn't at least partially to blame, but decreased home ownership is hardly the smoking gun that certain people like to trot it out as.
Great talk kids. Get a job.
quote:it's saturday
Great talk kids. Get a job.
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Home ownership by Americans has receded back to 1967 levels. It's taken Obama just 6 years to regress Americans standard of living 48.
Y'all are engaged in generation squabbling but the very worst part of the disaster has happened in the last 6 years. "The problem with socialism is sooner or later you run out of other people's money" Margret Thacher.
why do people bring up home ownership over and over again like it's the only story?
A HUGE reason why home ownership is receding is because in the last decade people are choosing more and more to live in denser urban spaces. This isn't the 60s anymore where the "dream" is to own a little house with a white picket fence. With the cleaning up and revitalization of urban centers it's increasingly desirable to live in more urban places, which means apartments. Do you think people renting $3000 a month apartments in downtown Dallas do so because they can't afford to buy a house?
Another HUGE driver of people choosing to living in apartments instead of houses is, and this is gonna really piss off TexAgs, higher oil prices. Expensive oil means that houses are disproportionately expensive to heat in the winter and cool in the summer. It also means gasoline is more expensive, so people are less inclined to buy houses in the suburbs where they have to fork over hundreds of dollars a month to buy gas to drive too and from work, when they can rent really nice apartments closer to work. But let's just ignore that, since the TexAgs hive mind goes all chicken little whenever oil drops a few bucks.
I'm not saying there aren't economic reasons that push home ownership down and that the government isn't at least partially to blame, but decreased home ownership is hardly the smoking gun that certain people like to trot it out as.
Do these same people who don't want houses also not want jobs and raises too? I ask that because Obama's economy has produced almost no wage growth and 100 million working age Americans not even looking for a job. Another first for Obama's America!
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Home ownership by Americans has receded back to 1967 levels. It's taken Obama just 6 years to regress Americans standard of living 48.
Y'all are engaged in generation squabbling but the very worst part of the disaster has happened in the last 6 years. "The problem with socialism is sooner or later you run out of other people's money" Margret Thacher.
why do people bring up home ownership over and over again like it's the only story?
A HUGE reason why home ownership is receding is because in the last decade people are choosing more and more to live in denser urban spaces. This isn't the 60s anymore where the "dream" is to own a little house with a white picket fence. With the cleaning up and revitalization of urban centers it's increasingly desirable to live in more urban places, which means apartments. Do you think people renting $3000 a month apartments in downtown Dallas do so because they can't afford to buy a house?
Another HUGE driver of people choosing to living in apartments instead of houses is, and this is gonna really piss off TexAgs, higher oil prices. Expensive oil means that houses are disproportionately expensive to heat in the winter and cool in the summer. It also means gasoline is more expensive, so people are less inclined to buy houses in the suburbs where they have to fork over hundreds of dollars a month to buy gas to drive too and from work, when they can rent really nice apartments closer to work. But let's just ignore that, since the TexAgs hive mind goes all chicken little whenever oil drops a few bucks.
I'm not saying there aren't economic reasons that push home ownership down and that the government isn't at least partially to blame, but decreased home ownership is hardly the smoking gun that certain people like to trot it out as.
Do these same people who don't want houses also not want jobs and raises too? I ask that because Obama's economy has produced almost no wage growth and 100 million working age Americans not even looking for a job. Another first for Obama's America!
thank you for your well thought out post addressing my critique of your earlier statement
quote:Cartoons are on!quote:it's saturday
Great talk kids. Get a job.
It seems so odd to me to want to move back in with your parents. When I graduated back in 97 my father told me how proud of me he was and that I was not allowed to move back in. When he was a senior in high school both of his parents died within 6 months of each other so he joined the Army for structure and support. He told me I had advantages (college degree) that he never had and that it was now up to me to make my own way in the world which I have done.
Cartoons are on every day these days....you may have cracked the code. Send to Obama.
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Another HUGE driver of people choosing to living in apartments instead of houses is, and this is gonna really piss off TexAgs, higher oil prices. Expensive oil means that houses are disproportionately expensive to heat in the winter and cool in the summer. It also means gasoline is more expensive, so people are less inclined to buy houses in the suburbs where they have to fork over hundreds of dollars a month to buy gas to drive too and from work, when they can rent really nice apartments closer to work. But let's just ignore that, since the TexAgs hive mind goes all chicken little whenever oil drops a few bucks.
Oil has nothing to do with any of that.
quote:bull**** it doesn't. I'm in the process of house hunting right now, and the cost of gas and the cost of heat in the winter are very real considerations in my decision about how and where to live. The commute alone is the single biggest deterrent right now for me in moving from an apartment to a house.quote:
Another HUGE driver of people choosing to living in apartments instead of houses is, and this is gonna really piss off TexAgs, higher oil prices. Expensive oil means that houses are disproportionately expensive to heat in the winter and cool in the summer. It also means gasoline is more expensive, so people are less inclined to buy houses in the suburbs where they have to fork over hundreds of dollars a month to buy gas to drive too and from work, when they can rent really nice apartments closer to work. But let's just ignore that, since the TexAgs hive mind goes all chicken little whenever oil drops a few bucks.
Oil has nothing to do with any of that.
Are you trying to tell me that I'm the only person in America who is taking it into consideration?
I think you meant to say the price of natural gas
And people factor time in the car in more than extra cost of gas to drive 30 more miles a day, for the most part.
quote:fine, the price of both. Natural gas prices affect heating and electricity, crude oil affects gasoline and electricity.
I think you meant to say the price of natural gas
The point still stands.
quote:quote:bull**** it doesn't. I'm in the process of house hunting right now, and the cost of gas and the cost of heat in the winter are very real considerations in my decision about how and where to live. The commute alone is the single biggest deterrent right now for me in moving from an apartment to a house.quote:
Another HUGE driver of people choosing to living in apartments instead of houses is, and this is gonna really piss off TexAgs, higher oil prices. Expensive oil means that houses are disproportionately expensive to heat in the winter and cool in the summer. It also means gasoline is more expensive, so people are less inclined to buy houses in the suburbs where they have to fork over hundreds of dollars a month to buy gas to drive too and from work, when they can rent really nice apartments closer to work. But let's just ignore that, since the TexAgs hive mind goes all chicken little whenever oil drops a few bucks.
Oil has nothing to do with any of that.
Are you trying to tell me that I'm the only person in America who is taking it into consideration?
House hunting!!! I thought young Americans didn't want houses because you just said so!
I believe you that gasoline costs probably have something to do with your decision. I would also believe you if you said locating in very close proximity to the gay community was huge factor too!
Ummm, the cost of natural gas heating and/or natural gas-generated power has gone DOWN, or should have, since before the Great Recession. Natural gas is trading for under $3, that's ridiculously cheap.
Gas prices I'll give you, but most young people don't think about the gas it takes to drive to work. Because I don't and I'm a relatively responsible young adult. I take into account my commute in terms of how long it takes me to get home, not how much it'll cost me in gas money. They just want to live in city centers because there is more to do.
You move out of the city when you value space over nightlife. Millennials aren't unique in that sense.
Gas prices I'll give you, but most young people don't think about the gas it takes to drive to work. Because I don't and I'm a relatively responsible young adult. I take into account my commute in terms of how long it takes me to get home, not how much it'll cost me in gas money. They just want to live in city centers because there is more to do.
You move out of the city when you value space over nightlife. Millennials aren't unique in that sense.
Natural gas is (and has remained) dirt cheap for some time now. With fracing technology, the ability to harvest has increased exponentially. Texas is basically the Saudi Arabia of natural gas.
I chose not to live in the suburbs for one reason... they suck.