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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh they will, just not yet.  Still too young.[/quote]

This - obviously - once they stop taking pictures of their food, have a kid and find it harder to go to Iceland for the weekend, they will want what everyone wants.  Space and easy access (by car) to the things they need.  Walking to meet friends for sushi will be replace by putting the sleeping baby in the car seat and finding a drive through Starbucks.

Matter of time.   I am perfectly happy in my house for the next 20 years - I can wait.
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36 year old Millennial here. I don't want your McMansion. Not eve a little. I don't want poor design, crap materials, a probable long commute, suburbs with amenities only accessible by driving, or the more conservative politics. I'd like more space for my three (already existing) kids, but I'm not buying a trailer on steroids to satisfy that desire, especially when I'm 56.

Also, I cook 90% of our meals at home. I've taken zero pictures of them.[/quote]

36 is Gen X, babe.[/quote]

This was discussed in another thread about a week or so ago. The start date for Millennials vs Gen X is given by various sources  as anywhere from 1977-1982 (I always thought it was 82 but, given the links & whatnot others posted stating it is 77, 80, etc, can see why some think otherwise). So basically, those born between roughly 1977 & 1981 are either both Gen Xers & Millennials or neither Gen Xers or Millennials.

The whole defining a generation as starting & ending on specific birth dates as always seemed a bit odd to me anyway both because it is so arbitrary & because puts people born months apart in different generations & people born more than a decade apart in the same one.[/quote]

Sociologist here- also the dates aren't solidified until later, when we can look back and see changes.  Millennials are definitely much closer to 82 and I would argue later.  It is when we saw a change in parenting, the total hands on, "play dates", trophies for all that really categorizes millennials.[/quote]

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