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...wherever millennials are moving to, DON'T LIVE THERE!!! That is, unless you want your cost of living to shoot up ridiculously, your traffic and commute time to drastically increase, your local culture to be mocked and snuffed out, and want to probably eventually just be priced out of being able to live there in general.
...wherever millennials are moving to, DON'T LIVE THERE!!!
So don't live in any of our top cities....
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That is, unless you want your cost of living to shoot up ridiculously
But you're chances of having a better paying job and prosperous career are much higher
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your traffic and commute time to drastically increase
That's why you live in an urban setting and have amenities within walking distance
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your local culture to be mocked and snuffed out
Mimic'd and envy'd more likely
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and want to probably eventually just be priced out of being able to live there in general.
well, if you can't make it then.....I say move along to your next destination. It's a competitive world and if that's not your thing or you don't have the skill sets ---- unfortunately that's just how things go.
If I recall from an article I read, corrupt politics on the Memphis side and how each city chose to spend it's money. Memphis went for corporate recruiting while Nashville went for public funding.
A recent report titled The Changing Economics and Demographics of Young Adulthood: 1975-2016 published by the US Department of Commerce found that most young adult Americans believe “that educational and economic accomplishments are extremely important milestones of adulthoodâ€.
Didn't find that info about marriage rates in your first link.
Here's what I did find, straight from Pew: "For the 20 to 34 age group, the share of households that include unmarried partners increased from 12 to 16 percent since 2000. But the share of married couples is declining faster than that, dropping from 45 to 37 percent of households during that time.
Between 2007 and 2016, the share of 20- to 34-year-olds living with a partner, married or unmarried, has dropped from 49 to 43 percent, said Steven Ruggles, a demographer at the University of Minnesota who wrote a study of marriage and cohabitation among young couples last year." For Many Millennials, Marriage Can Wait
Now few 20 year olds were married, even when I was a young Boomer in the early 70s. So by including the very youngest of the Mills, the marriage numbers are somewhat artifically lowered.
Re: your second link, you cherry picked. Here's what you conveniently left out: "In the 1970s eight of 10 people married by the age of 30, nowadays it is not until the age of 45 that eight out of ten people are married. The report suggested their findings suggest “young adults are not necessarily giving up on marriage, They are waiting longer.†"
yeah and the article stated what those other priorities are based on the study by the American Institute for Economic Research. You can't really be doubting that the Millennial generation priorities marriage and kids less then any previous generation?
"The young and educated are interested in more than just a hefty paycheck.
In a new report on the top destinations for young college graduates, the American Institute for Economic Research finds young people are drawn to city amenities in addition to jobs.
The rankings examined eight economic and quality-of-life factors that young people look for in a new city, the top three factors being: high density of people with a college degree, a low unemployment rate, and the ability to get around the city without a car.
The other factors included: average salary, cost of rent, competition for jobs, bars and restaurants per 1,000 residents, and racial and ethnic diversity."
I'm sorry, this just cracks me up. That's what they said about us older Boomers, too, although I personally wasn't concerned about bars and restaurants per 1000 residents when I was a young, single Boomer. Maybe these Mills today are all future alcoholics?
Didn't find that info about marriage rates in your first link.
Here's what I did find, straight from Pew: "For the 20 to 34 age group, the share of households that include unmarried partners increased from 12 to 16 percent since 2000. But the share of married couples is declining faster than that, dropping from 45 to 37 percent of households during that time.
Between 2007 and 2016, the share of 20- to 34-year-olds living with a partner, married or unmarried, has dropped from 49 to 43 percent, said Steven Ruggles, a demographer at the University of Minnesota who wrote a study of marriage and cohabitation among young couples last year." For Many Millennials, Marriage Can Wait
Now few 20 year olds were married, even when I was a young Boomer in the early 70s. So by including the very youngest of the Mills, the marriage numbers are somewhat artifically lowered.
Re: your second link, you cherry picked. Here's what you conveniently left out: "In the 1970s eight of 10 people married by the age of 30, nowadays it is not until the age of 45 that eight out of ten people are married. The report suggested their findings suggest “young adults are not necessarily giving up on marriage, They are waiting longer.” "
I'm sorry, this just cracks me up. That's what they said about us older Boomers, too, although I personally wasn't concerned about bars and restaurants per 1000 residents when I was a young, single Boomer. Maybe these Mills today are all future alcoholics?
Do me a favor and search "millennial marriage rate" on google and look at the entire first page. It's all about how marriage rates are falling, or low, or why millennials are prioritizing other items in life.
I thought it was a pretty common topic that Millennials are not marrying or buying up homes like previous generations. This isn't news so I'm surprised anyone is refuting this.... :/
Can I ask where you live? This might be why everyone around you is getting married? I'm a millennial and marriage and kids are definitely not a priority in my circle of friends in any of the cities I've lived in.
Yes, but if said prosperous city A and prosperous city B were to purposely attract Millennials, based on this study, the city with more amenities is more likely the successor of the two. Also, the stated priorities in the study do not reflect every prosperous city i.e. high density of college educated & getting around the city without a car and no, the existence of a metro system and/or some sort of light rail does not count if most of it's citizens still drive since clearly it's an indication that mass transit does not suffice in that area.
And it's most likely going to be the city with more higher-paying jobs, because in those cities folks have more disposable income to spend on those amenities.
It just seems weird to make the argument that Millenials want more than a hefty paycheck and then turn around and talk about all the stuff they want to spend money on or the ways they can save money (transit). It would have been different if it was said that they want more recreational opportunities or they were seeking a higher spiritual purpose or something like that. It still comes back to money.
And it's most likely going to be the city with more higher-paying jobs, because in those cities folks have more disposable income to spend on those amenities.
It just seems weird to make the argument that Millenials want more than a hefty paycheck and then turn around and talk about all the stuff they want to spend money on or the ways they can save money (transit). It would have been different if it was said that they want more recreational opportunities or they were seeking a higher spiritual purpose or something like that. It still comes back to money.
thats why I said prosperous city A and prosperous city B, meaning the same level of incomes etc..
it makes sense to me... if a millennial (just stating as one example, not generalizing all) was offered 110k in City A that has minimal mass transit, less amenities and overall less appealing but was offered 100k in City B that has good mass transit, lots of amenities and is very appealing, I could see why including myself anyone would settle for City B. For me this would provide a higher quality of life. My friend recently turned down a higher paying job in Omaha to take a slightly less paying job in Chicago because he just couldn't fathom living in Omaha.. It's like settling for a BMW 3 Series instead of getting the top notch Camry...it might not make sense to everyone but it happens all the time.
Do me a favor and search "millennial marriage rate" on google and look at the entire first page. It's all about how marriage rates are falling, or low, or why millennials are prioritizing other items in life.
I thought it was a pretty common topic that Millennials are not marrying or buying up homes like previous generations. This isn't news so I'm surprised anyone is refuting this.... :/
Can I ask where you live? This might be why everyone around you is getting married? I'm a millennial and marriage and kids are definitely not a priority in my circle of friends in any of the cities I've lived in.
Just because you think you're right, that doesn't mean you are.
Ha, ha, I live in one of those "High Millennial" cities, Denver. Actually, I live in the burbs, but so does my daughter who lives there, too, and virtually all of her friends.
Try looking at the actual research, and not what some reporter writes up about the studies. Any article with inflammatory language such as "refuse to get married", replete with quotes from opinion pieces should be discounted on that alone. (Yes, I looked at all of them, but "Business Insider" wouldn't let me read their article because I'm using an ad blocker.) #3 includes some of the same material I used from the Pew article, but with the Huffpo's spin on it. Here's what #4 says: "Millennials are clearly delaying marriage longer than any generation before them, in spite of evidence suggesting that many millennials intend to marry at some point. For example, a 2013 Gallup poll found that 86% of single/never married Americans aged 18 to 34 (roughly equivalent to the millennial generation) wanted to get married someday."
thats why I said prosperous city A and prosperous city B, meaning the same level of incomes etc..
it makes sense to me... if a millennial (just stating as one example, not generalizing all) was offered 110k in City A that has minimal mass transit, less amenities and overall less appealing but was offered 100k in City B that has good mass transit, lots of amenities and is very appealing, I could see why including myself anyone would settle for City B. For me this would provide a higher quality of life. My friend recently turned down a higher paying job in Omaha to take a slightly less paying job in Chicago because he just couldn't fathom living in Omaha.. It's like settling for a BMW 3 Series instead of getting the top notch Camry...it might not make sense to everyone but it happens all the time.
Well I get that, people want nice things to spend their money on. Money is a means to an end and nobody wants to have it for its own sake. Perhaps if that article emphasized social networks, I'd see the validity of the argument.
Just because you think you're right, that doesn't mean you are.
Ha, ha, I live in one of those "High Millennial" cities, Denver. Actually, I live in the burbs, but so does my daughter who lives there, too, and virtually all of her friends.
Try looking at the actual research, and not what some reporter writes up about the studies. Any article with inflammatory language such as "refuse to get married", replete with quotes from opinion pieces should be discounted on that alone. (Yes, I looked at all of them, but "Business Insider" wouldn't let me read their article because I'm using an ad blocker.) #3 includes some of the same material I used from the Pew article, but with the Huffpo's spin on it. Here's what #4 says: "Millennials are clearly delaying marriage longer than any generation before them, in spite of evidence suggesting that many millennials intend to marry at some point. For example, a 2013 Gallup poll found that 86% of single/never married Americans aged 18 to 34 (roughly equivalent to the millennial generation) wanted to get married someday."
I think you're misunderstanding here. I never stated that Millennials never want to marry or don't have any desire to. I said they are prioritizing other things in life..... it's obvious that as Millennials get older marriage will play a bigger role but even still I bet we will see the largest segment of elderly singles who never married from this generation.
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