Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Housing was expensive then too. People like making excuses for the lazy.

Not like today. Back in the 90s I worked a series of crap jobs and I was able to afford to live in nice neighborhoods in Boston and San Francisco. The studio apartment I rented back in 2000 for $750 a month now goes for $3500. Incomes have not increased anywhere near that level in the last 20 years.

Exactly. My friends and I rented an entire house for $400/mo in 1992-93. You can’t even get a studio for that now.

where? My fairly reasonable rent was $725 a month in a north Arlington apartment building on Adams street.

+1 Where? In 1993-1995, I rented a one bedroom apartment within walking distance to the Ballston metro for $600/month plus utilities. It's now $2K/month.

My first job at the age of 22 (after college) in D.C. came with a salary of $27,000. I lived in a group house in Falls Church and was basically food insecure. I doubt anyone could make a go of it at that salary at the moment. It’s just a much more difficult landscape now.

Plus, let’s consider:
A) There’s no one way to Adult. In many cultures, multigenerational living is the norm.
B) There are advantages to multigenerational living—more helping hands. More family ties. No one falls in the shower and breaks a hip with no one knowing, no one facing PPD without support. Etc.
C) It’s better for the environment for more people to live in a shared house than for people to live in individual houses/apartments/condos. We’re going to have to start rethinking what Good Living means from an environmental standpoint.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Housing was expensive then too. People like making excuses for the lazy.

Not like today. Back in the 90s I worked a series of crap jobs and I was able to afford to live in nice neighborhoods in Boston and San Francisco. The studio apartment I rented back in 2000 for $750 a month now goes for $3500. Incomes have not increased anywhere near that level in the last 20 years.

Exactly. My friends and I rented an entire house for $400/mo in 1992-93. You can’t even get a studio for that now.

$400 in 1992 is $850 Today. You can rent a place for $850. Excuses.

Where can you rent a house for $850?

u drunk?

How does your sister/niece’s decisions affect you?
Their decisions don’t affect you? Then let it go.
I hear what you are saying, I left home at 19…but it’s not one size fits all. Everyone figures it out in their own time. 22 is not unreasonable to be at home. (When it’s 42, then I’ll be judgmental with you.)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Housing was expensive then too. People like making excuses for the lazy.

Not like today. Back in the 90s I worked a series of crap jobs and I was able to afford to live in nice neighborhoods in Boston and San Francisco. The studio apartment I rented back in 2000 for $750 a month now goes for $3500. Incomes have not increased anywhere near that level in the last 20 years.

Exactly. My friends and I rented an entire house for $400/mo in 1992-93. You can’t even get a studio for that now.

where? My fairly reasonable rent was $725 a month in a north Arlington apartment building on Adams street.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Housing was expensive then too. People like making excuses for the lazy.

Not like today. Back in the 90s I worked a series of crap jobs and I was able to afford to live in nice neighborhoods in Boston and San Francisco. The studio apartment I rented back in 2000 for $750 a month now goes for $3500. Incomes have not increased anywhere near that level in the last 20 years.

Exactly. My friends and I rented an entire house for $400/mo in 1992-93. You can’t even get a studio for that now.

$400 in 1992 is $850 Today. You can rent a place for $850. Excuses.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Housing was expensive then too. People like making excuses for the lazy.

Not like today. Back in the 90s I worked a series of crap jobs and I was able to afford to live in nice neighborhoods in Boston and San Francisco. The studio apartment I rented back in 2000 for $750 a month now goes for $3500. Incomes have not increased anywhere near that level in the last 20 years.

Exactly. My friends and I rented an entire house for $400/mo in 1992-93. You can’t even get a studio for that now.

It is a smart thing to do. Saving money by living at home is one way to be able to save enough to buy a place to live. People have been doing it for generations.

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Anonymous wrote:You sound extremely damaged?

What happened to you in your childhood?

Why didn’t you go to college?

My childhood was going great, and I didn't go to college isn't required, and we are going to need to pay 20K of her student loan debt, another topic I talked to them about.

I'm not one who likes picking on typos and grammar in posts. (Lord knows, I make enough mistakes). But if you are going to say college isn't necessary, it's extra important to make your point coherently.

Anonymous wrote:Housing was expensive then too. People like making excuses for the lazy.

Not like today. Back in the 90s I worked a series of crap jobs and I was able to afford to live in nice neighborhoods in Boston and San Francisco. The studio apartment I rented back in 2000 for $750 a month now goes for $3500. Incomes have not increased anywhere near that level in the last 20 years.

Anonymous wrote:So I moved out my parents house after I graduated from high school, I love my parents but I moved out because I was an 18 year old adult, and now 20-30 SOMETHINGS are still living at home with mommy and daddy what happened?
Are they treating like babies now? I got into a fight with my sister yesterday, because her daughter is 22 and has no plans on moving out, I asked her what she plans on moving out and she has no plans why?

Well I moved out after tenth grade in 1976. So you were kind of late to the game. Really, live and let live. It’s none of your business why your niece is living at home and when she plans to move.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You sound extremely damaged?

What happened to you in your childhood?

Why didn’t you go to college?

My childhood was going great, and I didn't go to college isn't required, and we are going to need to pay 20K of her student loan debt, another topic I talked to them about.

Who is "we" in this? Why are you paying your niece's college debt?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You sound extremely damaged?

What happened to you in your childhood?

Why didn’t you go to college?

My childhood was going great, and I didn't go to college isn't required, and we are going to need to pay 20K of her student loan debt, another topic I talked to them about.

Who is "we" in this? Why are you paying your niece's college debt?

Anonymous wrote:What does this have to do with the summer of 99? What a disappointing thread.

MYOB with your sister’s family

This.

Also, I didn’t move out immediately and I’m in the same position today as my friends who did. It didn’t delay my development.