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Nope - cars per capita went up. http://www.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fXbqZxk67WU/TFjoyj0Mc9I/AAAAAAAAAEs/sym41J8tSe0/s1600/VehiclesPerC

Nope - cars per capita went up. http://www.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fXbqZxk67WU/TFjoyj0Mc9I/AAAAAAAAAEs/sym41J8tSe0/s1600/VehiclesPerCapitaUS.gif&imgrefurl=http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t%3D723466&h=340&w=475&tbnid=G0LI_OoRfaNFDM:&docid=ZHgtFnDg0NroVM&ei=jYtUVu7eEoa0aY2LjegF&tbm=isch&client=ms-android-google&ved=0ahUKEwiu2ZPzuKnJAhUGWhoKHY1FA10QMwgjKAQwBA http://www.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/... Homeownership has been 64% or higher since 1970. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Historic_U.S._Homeownership_Rate,_as_of_2014.svg/2000px-Historic_U.S._Homeownership_Rate,_as_of_2014.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Hi... Houses have just become larger since then. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6843606169_618efc8942_d.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6843606169_618efc8942_d.j... You are just plain wrong on all counts.

RamshackleJ 11y ago
All those statistics include the generations before the millennials. Perhaps It is our parents who are still buying more cars and bigger homes? your graphs are just plain useless on all counts
cryoshon 11y ago
The first chart doesn't even go to the point where the generation in question came of age... it ends at 2005, before most millenials were even legal to drive. Look at 1979 in the second chart... the trendline for the present is dropping beneath it. The size of house isn't relevant. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/02/18/student-debt-is-terrible-in-charts/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/02/18/stude... http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/021914/money-habits-millennials.asp http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/021914... "Over 25% of them had late payments or are dealing with bill collectors, and well over half are still receiving some form of financial aid from their parents. One of the most disturbing findings of this study reveals that seven out of 10 young people define financial stability as being able to pay all of their bills each month." http://www.millennialmarketing.com/2010/11/whats-not-on-millennials-shopping-list-a-car/ http://www.millennialmarketing.com/2010/11/whats-not-on-mill... http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/04/30/homeownership-for-millennials-declines-to-historic-lows http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/04/30/homeownership... http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/04/chart-of-the-day-home-ownership-rate-still-falling/237976/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/04/chart-of... http://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-home-ownership-survey-2015-6?op=1 http://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-home-ownership-sur... http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/blog/real-estate/2015/07/millennials-struggle-with-home-ownership-rates-but.html http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/blog/real-estate/2015... ...

RamshackleJ 11y ago

All those statistics include the generations before the millennials. Perhaps It is our parents who are still buying more cars and bigger homes? your graphs are just plain useless on all counts

cryoshon 11y ago

The first chart doesn't even go to the point where the generation in question came of age... it ends at 2005, before most millenials were even legal to drive. Look at 1979 in the second chart... the trendline for the present is dropping beneath it. The size of house isn't relevant. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/02/18/student-debt-is-terrible-in-charts/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/02/18/stude... http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/021914/money-habits-millennials.asp http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/021914... "Over 25% of them had late payments or are dealing with bill collectors, and well over half are still receiving some form of financial aid from their parents. One of the most disturbing findings of this study reveals that seven out of 10 young people define financial stability as being able to pay all of their bills each month." http://www.millennialmarketing.com/2010/11/whats-not-on-millennials-shopping-list-a-car/ http://www.millennialmarketing.com/2010/11/whats-not-on-mill... http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/04/30/homeownership-for-millennials-declines-to-historic-lows http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/04/30/homeownership... http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/04/chart-of-the-day-home-ownership-rate-still-falling/237976/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/04/chart-of... http://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-home-ownership-survey-2015-6?op=1 http://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-home-ownership-sur... http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/blog/real-estate/2015/07/millennials-struggle-with-home-ownership-rates-but.html http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/blog/real-estate/2015... ...