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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Gen Z/young millennials  has watched their parents work well over 40 hours a week and sacrifice their personal lives. They don't want to spend their entire lives at work and I think it's great.[/quote]

So this is beautifully idealistic and all but are all Gen Z independently wealthy? To abide by this life mantra they must live off of parents' savings, gifts, trust, inheritance, etc. I love the premise but am confused by the real world application. This is the same generation who takes to Twitter to non-stop complain about how expensive life is, how they cannot afford a house, blame boomers for the high cost of living, and so forth ...but they don't want to work?

I have a feeling that it'll be fun for a few years when they're young. We'll hear a different tune in a decade when they're mid-late thirties and have no savings. Living life as an influencer is short lived and revenue - if any - will shortly dry up[/quote]

I think they’re not independent by any metric. But once y[b]ou’ve given up on affording housing on your own[/b] you have a lot more slack in the budget. [/quote]

Ok. So where do they live? Everyone needs to live somewhere and salary to cover rent or mortgage. Honestly, I think GenZ is going to have a sobering wake up call, as they're so far removed from reality than older generations [/quote]

GenZ are not going to have kids. They don’t need the same expensive housing and plan to work remotely in cheaper locations.

It may not work out that way, but there is ZERO chance that most of them can hustle enough to actually afford homes. Not everyone gets to be a BigLaw partner or CEO — and they saw their parents grind away and then be laid off from middle management at 50. [/quote]

GenZ's parents are Gen-X. They were not laid off at 50. Not anywhere close. And if GenZ wants to move to cheaper cities, they can make housing happen. Staying in DC, SF, NY, or LA isn't going to work.

I think Gen Z is just the social media generation. Their dreams are created by IG and TikTok. It's a different world. [/quote]

I am Gen x. My first kid was born in 2011. Not Gen z. Still in elementary. [/quote]

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