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They said the same thing about millennials. https://www.npr.org/2013/08/21/209579037/why-millennials-are-ditching-cars-and-redefining-ownership https://www.npr.

They said the same thing about millennials. https://www.npr.org/2013/08/21/209579037/why-millennials-are-ditching-cars-and-redefining-ownership https://www.npr.org/2013/08/21/209579037/why-millennials-are... Only for them to be the biggest purchaser of pickup trucks. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/10/millennials-overtake-boomers-gen-x-as-biggest-buyers-of-pickup-trucks-in-us-for-first-time.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/10/millennials-overtake-boomers... Every generation says they are going to do it different. Then they get hit in the head with reality.

ChatGTP 3y ago
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Barrin92 3y ago
An observation like that needs to account for the fact that Millennials with over 70 million people in the US are now the largest American demographic, period. More interesting would be if there's an attitude shift compared to former generations at the same point in life, otherwise you're just noticing that Millennials are now the largest group of people with income
- paulgb 3y ago
  A cohort-based study found that we do drive (marginally) less: https://qz.com/2109753/us-millennials-drive-less-than-older-generations https://qz.com/2109753/us-millennials-drive-less-than-older-... I don’t remember anyone saying millenials would drive less, just that we wouldn’t be able to afford a car if we kept eating so much avocado toast. I was born in 89 and learning to drive was still a huge coming-of-age among my peers.
  - SauciestGNU 3y ago
    We're similar ages and I absolutely agree that the personal automobile played a huge role in my personal and social development. But then I discovered bicycles and something clicked in my brain with active transport and how fun it is and how healthy it makes me feel. Then I got hit by a drunk driver on my bike and since then I'm a subscriber of the "fuck cars" beliefs.
    - paulgb 3y ago
      > But then I discovered bicycles and something clicked in my brain with active transport and how fun it is and how healthy it makes me feel. Same! I don’t own a car and biking is my preferred means of transit.

ChatGTP 3y ago

The advertisement tech always improves :)

Barrin92 3y ago

An observation like that needs to account for the fact that Millennials with over 70 million people in the US are now the largest American demographic, period. More interesting would be if there's an attitude shift compared to former generations at the same point in life, otherwise you're just noticing that Millennials are now the largest group of people with income

paulgb 3y ago
A cohort-based study found that we do drive (marginally) less: https://qz.com/2109753/us-millennials-drive-less-than-older-generations https://qz.com/2109753/us-millennials-drive-less-than-older-... I don’t remember anyone saying millenials would drive less, just that we wouldn’t be able to afford a car if we kept eating so much avocado toast. I was born in 89 and learning to drive was still a huge coming-of-age among my peers.
- SauciestGNU 3y ago
  We're similar ages and I absolutely agree that the personal automobile played a huge role in my personal and social development. But then I discovered bicycles and something clicked in my brain with active transport and how fun it is and how healthy it makes me feel. Then I got hit by a drunk driver on my bike and since then I'm a subscriber of the "fuck cars" beliefs.
  - paulgb 3y ago
    > But then I discovered bicycles and something clicked in my brain with active transport and how fun it is and how healthy it makes me feel. Same! I don’t own a car and biking is my preferred means of transit.