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a lot of factors going on here... 1. no jobs to pay for said car 2. must pay for student loans instead 3. cars are less reliable 4. cars cost more today, an
by joe_momma 10y ago
a lot of factors going on here...
1. no jobs to pay for said car
2. must pay for student loans instead
3. cars are less reliable
4. cars cost more today, and more to maintain
5. gas prices increased but not wages
6. insurance costs
- acveilleux 10y ago7. Millenials seem to flock to urban areas where cars are less required
- rocky1138 10y ago8. A constantly connected world via text/snapchat/instagram makes actually getting up and going to visit someone less of a necessity.
- ghaff 10y agoWhich seems to be an overstated trend according to a number of fivethiryeight pieces: http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/think-millennials-prefer-the-city-think-again/ http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/think-millennials-prefer-... Other pieces I've read suggest the actual trend is more along the lines of college-educated millenials are somewhat trending toward a handful of particularly dense and favored urban neighborhoods in the US (SF, Manhattan/Brooklyn, Boston/Cambridge, Austin). What broader urbanization trends there are also include places like DFW, Phoenix, etc. that aren't really walkable or have good public transit.