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Single page version: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/the-cheapest-generation/309060/?single_page=true http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/ar
by nodata 14y ago
Single page version: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/the-cheapest-generation/309060/?single_page=true http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/the-chea...
I don't like The Atlantic's title: it implys what is happening as negative.
- hieronymusN 14y agoThis is because our current economy is skewed towards consumption with real estate and cars as the primary metric. I agree, I don't see it as a negative. I'm Gen X and I don't own a house or car.
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- mattgreenrocks 14y agoI realized recently I'm more reluctant to own a house than have a baby.
- hieronymusN 14y agoIt all depends on where you live and what your local market is like. I have a kid, and still don't need a car or house. I also live in NYC, so it's easy to do that. If I lived someplace like Houston, where there is almost zero public transport and houses are crazy cheap I might rethink things. That said, don't buy into social groupthink, don't buy a house if it doesn't fit your sensibilities.
- andreasvc 14y agoConsumption is the driving force of modern capitalism generally, not particularly related to the current economy. Capitalism relies on surplus; the problem with this of course is that is wasteful but it seems we don't really have an equally successful alternative.
- fungi 14y agoindeed, by freeing up the money that is tied up in mortgages/car loans and burnt as oil, can't we put that money and those resources to far more productive endeavours.