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I'm Italian and I'm living abroad since 7 years, but I'd be careful with: > Living with parents at 30 [...] is a symptom of lazyness. Years ago, the finance m

by mino 16y ago

I'm Italian and I'm living abroad since 7 years, but I'd be careful with: > Living with parents at 30 [...] is a symptom of lazyness. Years ago, the finance ministry Padoa-Schioppa said that in Italy there's a generation of lazy and spoiled children ("bamboccioni") and was strongly attacked. I can honestly think of many situations of guys/girls (expecially in the South) that cannot afford living on their own in their late 20s/30s... and not because they don't want to. All this is really sad.

crocowhile 16y ago
I used to think the same. Then I lived 4 years in the US and I found a generation of 20 years old kids who live by themselves - well, with flatmates - while studying and working shifts at McDonald. Kids do share apartments in SF or NYC and those cities are not less expensive than Milan or Rome. If one REALLY wants to leave their parents' nest, one CAN do it. Most people who live with their parents do so because they believe that paying a rent is a waste of money and you oughta buy your own place, rather.
- eru 16y ago
  > Most people who live with their parents do so because they believe that paying a rent is a waste of money and you oughta buy your own place, rather. I never understood that argument. What about opportunity costs?
Tomek_ 16y ago
It depends, sometimes it is laziness, sometimes it's because of money problems, sometimes it's strictly cultural thing - I know a 31 years old guy who after a year of living alone decided to go back to live with his parents, just because it's more comfortable for him. I even heard stories about guys in their 40s being owners of well prospering businesses still living with their parents. And as much as shocking it is for people from northern cultures it isn't necessarily all that bad - cultural differences make the world more interesting.

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I'm Italian and I'm living abroad since 7 years, but I'd be careful with: > Living with parents at 30 [...] is a symptom of lazyness. Years ago, the finance m

by mino 16y ago

crocowhile 16y ago
I used to think the same. Then I lived 4 years in the US and I found a generation of 20 years old kids who live by themselves - well, with flatmates - while studying and working shifts at McDonald. Kids do share apartments in SF or NYC and those cities are not less expensive than Milan or Rome. If one REALLY wants to leave their parents' nest, one CAN do it. Most people who live with their parents do so because they believe that paying a rent is a waste of money and you oughta buy your own place, rather.
- eru 16y ago
  > Most people who live with their parents do so because they believe that paying a rent is a waste of money and you oughta buy your own place, rather. I never understood that argument. What about opportunity costs?
Tomek_ 16y ago
It depends, sometimes it is laziness, sometimes it's because of money problems, sometimes it's strictly cultural thing - I know a 31 years old guy who after a year of living alone decided to go back to live with his parents, just because it's more comfortable for him. I even heard stories about guys in their 40s being owners of well prospering businesses still living with their parents. And as much as shocking it is for people from northern cultures it isn't necessarily all that bad - cultural differences make the world more interesting.