To be fair, the USA being in decline isn't necessarily causation for young people not being able to afford to live on the their own. The key issue is the cost

To be fair, the USA being in decline isn't necessarily causation for young people not being able to afford to live on the their own. The key issue is the cost of housing; which the USA is reluctant and resolve. Student loan debt also factors in to this situation. Are those driving the USA's decline? Or simply symptoms of a systems dedicated more to Wall Street and less to Main Street?