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I really wish this stigma against living "at home" would go away. Multigenerational homes has been the standard for thousands of years, and still is in large po

I really wish this stigma against living "at home" would go away. Multigenerational homes has been the standard for thousands of years, and still is in large portions of the world.

ravenstine 5y ago
I both agree and don't at the same time. On one hand, there shouldn't be anything shameful about living "at home", especially if it's purposeful. (looking back, it probably would have made sense to stay with my folks even longer than I did in order to save more money) Yet living at home and not building anything into late adulthood tends not to be a good way to generate intergenerational wealth. Until the international economic paradigm changes, I can't see how it's a good thing for people to have nothing to pass on to their children.
- BeFlatXIII 5y ago
  How many of these people will make the children on to whom they pass nothing?
MattGaiser 5y ago
Indeed. I have a very multicultural background, but the dominant cultural view, at least when it comes to money, is Chinese. For us, living at home is not failure. Moving out without planning to start a family if you live in the same city as your parents is considered wasting money.
Gunax 5y ago
People use 'living at home' as a stand-in for a set of properties: unemployed or lowly employed, low ambition, single, excess time on entertainment, etc. Of course they aren't always true individually (I know some of my facebook colleagues lived at home) but from a rough demographic perspective, it's true. We do this a lot: consider that teen pregnancy is understood to be unwanted, thwarting educational opportunities, etc. but in some religious communities a 17 year-old might be married and ready to bear children. It's just that's a very small proportion, and doesn't diminish that teen pregnancy is generally considered a problem.
troupe 5y ago
The title of the article says that they aren't pursuing employment. The fact they are living at home is explaining how they do that. At least in the article I read it as being stigma against people just staying at their parents homes and playing video games--not against multigenerational homes where young men were working.

I really wish this stigma against living "at home" would go away. Multigenerational homes has been the standard for thousands of years, and still is in large portions of the world.

ravenstine 5y ago

I both agree and don't at the same time. On one hand, there shouldn't be anything shameful about living "at home", especially if it's purposeful. (looking back, it probably would have made sense to stay with my folks even longer than I did in order to save more money) Yet living at home and not building anything into late adulthood tends not to be a good way to generate intergenerational wealth. Until the international economic paradigm changes, I can't see how it's a good thing for people to have nothing to pass on to their children.

BeFlatXIII 5y ago
How many of these people will make the children on to whom they pass nothing?

MattGaiser 5y ago

Indeed. I have a very multicultural background, but the dominant cultural view, at least when it comes to money, is Chinese. For us, living at home is not failure. Moving out without planning to start a family if you live in the same city as your parents is considered wasting money.

Gunax 5y ago

People use 'living at home' as a stand-in for a set of properties: unemployed or lowly employed, low ambition, single, excess time on entertainment, etc. Of course they aren't always true individually (I know some of my facebook colleagues lived at home) but from a rough demographic perspective, it's true. We do this a lot: consider that teen pregnancy is understood to be unwanted, thwarting educational opportunities, etc. but in some religious communities a 17 year-old might be married and ready to bear children. It's just that's a very small proportion, and doesn't diminish that teen pregnancy is generally considered a problem.

troupe 5y ago

The title of the article says that they aren't pursuing employment. The fact they are living at home is explaining how they do that. At least in the article I read it as being stigma against people just staying at their parents homes and playing video games--not against multigenerational homes where young men were working.