The McMansion is Back - The Recovery Is Super-Sizing Houses (Millen: new construction, live)

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Whoa, big bucks. But I guess they are pretty sharp young cookies.

arjay, they want to come in at 9:00 am and leave around 6:00 pm. That ain't working hard given the amount of money these kids are getting paid. The new folks have no idea what a hard day's work is and their future will reflect that.

[10 feet tall]

Originally Posted by LovelySummer

So yes, young docs and lawyers can afford extravagant housing straight out of school even with student loans. I know all this from firsthand knowledge...only I did not take the 500k mortgage I was offered and fully qualified for (full docs qualified)

This is true. No doubt. Often with no down payment and no PMI.

However, in the ATL these days I'm not sure I would call 400-500k for a home "extravagant". That is about normal for an aging 4/3 in a good school district with a reasonable commute.

[Pemgin]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

arjay, they want to come in at 9:00 am and leave around 6:00 pm. That ain't working hard given the amount of money these kids are getting paid. The new folks have no idea what a hard day's work is and their future will reflect that.

That's a 9 hour work day. How long does it have to be to qualify as a hard day's work?

As to our futures, many of us (20s-30s) saw our parents work themselves to the bone at the cost of their health and personal lives and relationships. No thanks. I'll take a less hearty retirement if it means I can enjoy the first 70 years of my life with an appropriate balance between work and life.

[AfternoonCoffee]

Originally Posted by Pemgin

That's a 9 hour work day. How long does it have to be to qualify as a hard day's work?

At minimum another hour or two.

[Plokivos]

Originally Posted by Pemgin

That's a 9 hour work day. How long does it have to be to qualify as a hard day's work?

As to our futures, many of us (20s-30s) saw our parents work themselves to the bone at the cost of their health and personal lives and relationships. No thanks. I'll take a less hearty retirement if it means I can enjoy the first 70 years of my life with an appropriate balance between work and life.

No. You take that and evolve. You work smarter and do better. It's not entirely your parents fault either. They had a ****ty world they had to deal with, like more of us. And you must be pre-9/11 generation if you write something liek this.

And if you're 30 something, you'll know this. I graduated few months before the 9/11. That's why I wanted to be in DC working as a defense contractor, but that's why I can understand your sentimentality, because those who are 40 to 50 can understand another war after WWII to really understand why they did the things they did, and why they feel the way they feel.

I can understand it.

[toll_booth]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

arjay, they want to come in at 9:00 am and leave around 6:00 pm. That ain't working hard given the amount of money these kids are getting paid. The new folks have no idea what a hard day's work is and their future will reflect that.

Oh come now, that isn't fair. First of all, it's an undeserved stereotype. Secondly, Millennials are the first generation in a long time that will enter the workforce in worse economic shape than the generation before them. Good job, America.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

arjay, they want to come in at 9:00 am and leave around 6:00 pm. That ain't working hard given the amount of money these kids are getting paid. The new folks have no idea what a hard day's work is and their future will reflect that.

Originally Posted by Pemgin

That's a 9 hour work day. How long does it have to be to qualify as a hard day's work?

As to our futures, many of us (20s-30s) saw our parents work themselves to the bone at the cost of their health and personal lives and relationships. No thanks. I'll take a less hearty retirement if it means I can enjoy the first 70 years of my life with an appropriate balance between work and life.

Originally Posted by AfternoonCoffee

At minimum another hour or two.

Originally Posted by Plokivos

No. You take that and evolve. You work smarter and do better. It's not entirely your parents fault either. They had a ****ty world they had to deal with, like more of us. And you must be pre-9/11 generation if you write something liek this.

And if you're 30 something, you'll know this. I graduated few months before the 9/11. That's why I wanted to be in DC working as a defense contractor, but that's why I can understand your sentimentality, because those who are 40 to 50 can understand another war after WWII to really understand why they did the things they did, and why they feel the way they feel.

I can understand it.

Originally Posted by toll_booth

Oh come now, that isn't fair. First of all, it's an undeserved stereotype. Secondly, Millennials are the first generation in a long time that will enter the workforce in worse economic shape than the generation before them. Good job, America.

Helicopter parenting: Kids could end up crash landing | Get Schooled

[10 feet tall]

Originally Posted by Pemgin

As to our futures, many of us (20s-30s) saw our parents work themselves to the bone at the cost of their health and personal lives and relationships. No thanks. I'll take a less hearty retirement if it means I can enjoy the first 70 years of my life with an appropriate balance between work and life.

I guess everyone has a different perspective on this. My perspective is that my parents worked hard to provide for me and my siblings. Houses cost money, food costs money, after school activities cost money, vacations cost money, etc. And I was raised to believe hard work is a virtue, not a vice. I do not believe that hard work causes divorce, health problems, etc. JMO, of course.

[10 feet tall]

Originally Posted by toll_booth

Oh come now, that isn't fair. First of all, it's an undeserved stereotype. Secondly, Millennials are the first generation in a long time that will enter the workforce in worse economic shape than the generation before them. Good job, America.

I agree. That is a stereotype and it isn't true of millennials more than any other generation.

[toll_booth]

Originally Posted by aries4118

Helicopter parenting: Kids could end up crash landing | Get Schooled

I like Maureen Downey. Good writer. She speaks the truth.