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Teh One Who Knocks
06-03-2014, 11:33 AM
By Alex Greig - The Daily Mail


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Almost one-third of Americans aged 18 to 34 are still living at home with their parents.

Official figures show that 29 per cent of adults aged under 35 are living at home with their parents, and 51 per cent of those aged between 18 and 23 have yet to fly the nest.

Deutsche Bank's Torsten Slok has graphed the rise of adults in this position in his latest monthly chart book, reports Business Insider.

The graph shows that since the early 2000s, the number of 18 to 34-year-olds still sleeping in their childhood bedrooms has risen dramatically.

The reasons are many.

Increasingly, a college education is the bare necessity to qualify a person in a tough job market, and tuition costs are rising rapidly.

As young people enter the job market, a time when they are most financially vulnerable and likely to earn a low wage, they are saddled with the huge debt of their education.

And that is only if they succeed in gaining employment in a very challenging job market.

According to Business Insider, this has resulted in an inceasing rate of delinquency, with students unable to afford payments on their student loan debts.

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The rate of U.S. home ownership has fallen to a 19-year low, with tight mortgage credit, especially for first-time homeowners. More young people may be staying home to save to buy their house, or unable to afford market rents.

According to a recent Gallup poll, adults living at home are more likely to be single and unmarried, which could reflect a trend for marrying and having children at a later age, with 75 per cent of people aged 24-24 living at home single and never married.

Unmarried young people are six times more likely to live at home than married couples, reports The Atlantic.

Noilly Pratt
06-03-2014, 04:15 PM
I lived with my Mom until 31, BUT she demanded, at 28 that I have an "exit plan", which I thought was completely right. I saved for 3 years and had the down-payment to my townhouse. When we crunched the numbers it made more sense to stay together because with what she had and my over 50% contribution we could live in a nice place.

We had a 3 bedroom apartment with lots of room, and we both lived well together. Plus my dad died when I was 24, and her health was totally crappy for the last 10 years of her life, so there were extenuating circumstances.

But I look at my nephews and they're not planning to leave anytime soon, nor are they being asked to, either.

PorkChopSandwiches
06-03-2014, 04:20 PM
I moved out at 17

Acid Trip
06-03-2014, 04:31 PM
I got my first apartment at 18 when I went college and have never gone back.

Lambchop
06-03-2014, 04:47 PM
I would love to live with my mumzy but I need at least 4000 sq ft of private space to conduct a specific set of activities that no normal human being should witness.

redred
06-03-2014, 05:33 PM
think i moved out at 21 , but was working away from home from the age of 16

perrhaps
06-03-2014, 05:40 PM
Well, when you have a president whose role model was Lionel Jefferson, what do you expect?

PorkChopSandwiches
06-03-2014, 06:17 PM
:lol:

Hal-9000
06-03-2014, 07:47 PM
I left at 15, 17 and 22..stayed away for a couple of years, came back and found out that my rent was an important part of the budget :lol: (not a complaint)

as I've gotten older it's nice to help out getting groceries, taking people to appointments etc


my folks have always been awesome and respected my privacy - because they don't wanna see hal's junk :hand:

Yt Trash
06-03-2014, 10:51 PM
I left at 18, at about twenty seven I rented a basement apartment from my dad after my divorce for about a year. I was paying rent at a discounted rate. Moved out after i met my current wife.

Muddy
06-04-2014, 12:39 AM
I left at 18 and never moved back.. Didnt even take my bed..

deebakes
06-04-2014, 01:18 AM
I left at 18 and never moved back.. Didnt even take my bed..

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