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I think that in the future we will look back at current US living customs as a fad. The nuclear family will pass away and living in a big household with an exte
by shanemhansen 10y ago
I think that in the future we will look back at current US living customs as a fad. The nuclear family will pass away and living in a big household with an extended family will be more common. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.
- fullshark 10y agoThis trend in America is largely driven by weaker economic factors though. I think that's bad.
- hasenj 10y agoThere's an opposite trend: the "single mother" family. I haven't heard of anything resembling an extended family house occurring in North America.
- nilkn 10y agoI don't think you can call it a fad because that implies that it's a purely social phenomenon, but in reality it appears to be tightly intertwined with economic factors. In particular, it seems to be mostly financial issues that are encouraging the shift in the US towards multi-generational households.
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoMobility in the US is high compared to many other countries. It's hard to pull off multi-generation housing when you live 2000 miles away.
- jotux 10y agoYes, it's higher than other countries, but the majority of Americans still live near their parents. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-family.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-fa...
- Grishnakh 10y agoConsidering I've never see a family with more than 2 people that wasn't dysfunctional in some way, this doesn't sound like a great thing to me. I'd rather see a society where polyamory became normal, so people could put together their own families by choice, rather than having it forced on them by genetics. There's very few of my family members that I could stand living with.