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[quote=Anonymous]I’m 50.

When I was in college and grad school, everyone piled into apartments or group homes. People converted dining rooms or basements into bedrooms. We drove dumpy cars. We waited tables, etc. to make money while going to school.

We didn’t have pets. (ICYMI: dogs are expensive.)

We didn’t go on lavish vacations. Bachelorette parties were a drunken night out—they didn’t involve an airplane or hotel.

We ate pizza or ramen.

We also coupled up, lived with our BF, and got married younger.

I’ve worked in DC for decades and noticed the shift in young people. I’m shocked by all the recent grads/early career young adults living alone in fancy rentals (or even with a roommate in fancy 2 bedrooms that cost more than the mortgage on my suburban colonial). Maybe 15 years ago the same cohort of young people were still cramming into dumpy row houses on the Hill or converting studio apartments into a 2 bedroom with clever dividers. But not anymore.

I’m hoping my kids either come home after college/grad school to sock away money or couple up and live frugally someplace fun and cheap.

Honestly, some of the best years of my life were when I shacked up with my BF and another couple in a dumpy apartment during grad school. We slept on a mattress on the floor. No real worries other than getting the degree and finding time to party. [/quote]

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