In India this is pretty common as well. It makes meals etc. much easier, provides instant babysitters (the grandparents), and so makes it more flexible for a hu

In India this is pretty common as well. It makes meals etc. much easier, provides instant babysitters (the grandparents), and so makes it more flexible for a husband/wife pair to work and still have some free time in the evening. Privacy of course suffers, but then again I with multiple kids like a lot of US households have, there isn't that much privacy anyway. ----------------------------------------------------------- > I often think that the "move out from home" pressure is a ploy by the real estate industry. I think it's any commercial entity, right? When you move out of your parents' house, now you collectively have to pay/buy - Extra rent - Extra money for furnishing - Probably more money for transport (could have carpooled with family or neighbors) - More money for groceries (living on your own you will likely waste more groceries) - Extra money for insurance (since it isn't a family pool) etc. So you're right, but possibly underestimating it. There is a lot of vested interest in convincing young people that living with their parents somehow makes them "losers" etc.