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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly , the COL is going way up, it’s really hard to buy a house and replicate a UMC lifestyle. The people who can do it while working regular jobs in a big city have family money: cover house down payment, no burdensome student loans, maybe inherit someone’s car etc [/quote]

In this case we aren't talking about serious family money. We are just talking about the kids coming from stable boomer families that saved. [/quote]

I don't think it's about the cost of elder care, or access to a multi-million dollar trust fund - I think these young kids are wondering if  their lifestyle will be cushioned/supported by their parents/in-laws.

Look at the post about the parent who was going to pay their adult kids costs to attend a destination wedding.  Or helping out with daycare costs, or travel sports, or any other sort of UMC "nice to have"/keeping up with the Joneses.

Some of this additional parental support is because everything is more expensive, but some of it is also because younger generations have higher expectations for their standard of living.

At the risk of sounding like a boomer (GenXer) - when my friends and I were in our 20s, we had crappy cars and crappy apartments with hand me downs.   We did cheap or free things around town, drank inexpensive booze at house parties.  And we were all from UMC families and went on to join the UMC ourselves.

This is just based on what I see on social media and a handful
of young adults- but the 20-somethings I know all have much nicer things and experiences.

So that's why they care. [/quote]

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