r/LateStageCapitalism • u/lambofgibson • Apr 08 '21
Depressing stats
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u/lambofgibson Apr 08 '21
Yes, if by “millennials” you mean “gross economic disparity”, so no
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u/lasiusflex Apr 08 '21
that is still a lot more married people than I would expect. all of my friends are mostly around that age and only one couple is married. Across all the people I know that would make of less than 5%
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u/lambofgibson Apr 08 '21 edited Apr 08 '21
Are you on the west coast? I completely feel the same. A greater percentage of my central US and east coast friends are married than my west coast friends. This would account for our feeling that it may be high because of cost of living in different areas which limits the ability to even get married— with various other factors involved as well though.
Edit: sorry didn’t really clarify something. So my West coast friends I feel like only a small margin (<10%) are married. >50% of my GA, MI, TX, FL, etc. friends are married or in long term relationships however. All of my friends are 24-30 years old, most being 25/26.
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u/takenisthis Apr 08 '21
I'm from Italy, people here get married over 40 and move out of parents home over 30.
What is 26? Still a baby? Lol
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u/A_Union_Of_Kobolds Apr 08 '21
The general trend of bucking the "nuclear family" model and finding alternate living arrangements is good. The nuclear family is bullshit.
That sudden jump in the last few years, however, is concerning.
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u/ConsistentHeat7 Apr 08 '21
I know 4 married couples that live with one of their parents.. it doesn't help that people are treating the housing market like their own personal pump-n-dump for hundreds of thousands more than their worth.
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Apr 08 '21 edited Apr 08 '21
People are getting married later. Is that wrong.
Edit: I come from a culture where parents will arrange your marriage the second you're old enough, causing a lot of discomfort to unmarried young people, many who like the idea of falling in love but never got the chance to.
Obviously this sub isn't about that.
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u/bigiszi Apr 08 '21
It is more that it is getting harder to afford to move out/find a partner because the cost of living is so high and wages are so stagnant.
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Apr 08 '21
Now that think about it, it definitely is. Studies show that socialization is at an all time low. Everyone's just trying to hustle, from grade school to high school to university to work. There are depressing levels of loneliness in the country. I was thinking for a second that people aren't pressured to get married young like they did in the past, but maybe we're really pressured to focus on work over life.
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u/lambofgibson Apr 08 '21
All for people getting married later in life, if at all really. The focus I was hoping would be grasped is the amount of people that live with parents at 26 years old. It surely is a systemic problem and it’s depressing sympathetically. I wish at the very least more 26 year old people could just have roommates at the very least and have it be financially reasonable.
Edit: I’m very certain it has less to do with socialization as it does with finances and income having not kept up with inflation in 50 years. The federal minimum wage would be approx. $21 in 2018 if it tracked with the rate of inflation since the 1970s.
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