Business Insider Writes: Go-Nowhere Generation: Why Young People Are Stuck
At a time when young Americans have never been more connected, they sure have gotten used to staying put.
The chance that 20-somethings would pack up and move to another state has fallen by more than 40% since the 1980s, according to U.S. Census data. At the same time, young people are increasingly choosing to move back home with their parents and, in some cases, never leave in the first place.
“Sometime in the past 30 years, someone has hit the brakes and Americans — particularly young Americans — have become risk-averse and sedentary ,” Todd G. Buchholz, author of “Rush: Why You Need and Love the Rat Race,” wrote in a controversial NY Times piece. ” Today’s generation is literally going nowhere. This is the Occupy movement we should really be worried about.”
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Interesting article and I highly recommend everyone to read it.
I am not sure what to think of it. Is American youth staying put due to latest technological advances that make it easier to communicate -OR- have years of what I call “You Are The Best” generation and narcissism finally catching up to the American youth?
Are they too scared to leave their homes and face failure? If so, that is not a good trend for the health of the US Economy or the Nation overall. It is too early to say, but it is definitely a good trend to watch closely.
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