How ATL millennials see themselves (Atlanta, Boston: 2014, home, neighborhoods)

[sedimenjerry]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

Of course this is right.

It's just the modern version of "I'll never buy a minivan!!!"

Two or three kids later, and even the coolest dad is talking to a Honda salesman about the new Odyssey.

Hey they're not that bad you know. My grandparents still have one. Taking it up to Nashville tomorrow. Around the same time my mom bought a Chrysler T&C. That didn't last 4 years...

Originally Posted by Pemgin

Get lost. Not every millenial dreams of moving to NYC, SF, Portland, etc. Nor are those millenials any more insightful.

Most can't even afford those cities. Unless I got an amazing job I wouldn't choose any of those cities. Maybe Portland.

[Ant131531]

Originally Posted by Sualpine

I'm in Atlanta millennial and I feel trapped. Why should I have to wait for a city to catch up to what I'm looking for?

Then find a way to move to a city that has everything you're looking for.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by Sualpine

I'm in Atlanta millennial and I feel trapped. Why should I have to wait for a city to catch up to what I'm looking for?

Originally Posted by Sualpine

Also, "Atlanta" Millennials are not a proper sample set. Most millennials do not live in Atlanta/Georgia purposefully. So the ones that do choose to stay here cannot give you as much insight as the ones that chose not to.

Originally Posted by Pemgin

Get lost. Not every millenial dreams of moving to NYC, SF, Portland, etc. Nor are those millenials any more insightful.

Originally Posted by sedimenjerry

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Most can't even afford those cities. Unless I got an amazing job I wouldn't choose any of those cities. Maybe Portland.

Originally Posted by Ant131531

Then find a way to move to a city that has everything you're looking for.

City Portrait: Atlanta, Georgia | Garden and Gun

[GeorgiaLakeSearch]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

once again, the "millennial scene" you're talking about is white, upper-middle class, straight, and cisgender. i'm a millennial and none of my close friends are part of that "millennial scene".

That sounds exclusionary.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

once again, the "millennial scene" you're talking about is white, upper-middle class, straight, and cisgender. i'm a millennial and none of my close friends are part of that "millennial scene".

Bear in mind this is a conference of real estate developers, which is probably going to be heavy on the attributes you mention. However, anybody can take advantage of their products.

[bhammaster]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

25-to-34 year olds are on the upper end of millennials; some of them arguably aren't. i mean, i know people younger than 34 who were in riot grrrl and grunge bands. i love 'em to death but they aren't millennials. in addition, what kind of millennial are you going to attract at a panel in buckhead? white, upper-middle class, straight, cisgender. any results from this "panel" are going to be skewed due to selection bias.

i was thinking about how we define generations, and it seems to me that we ought to define generations by when people came of age, not when they were born. for example, anyone who was in their teens before 9/11 would have a radically different perspective on society than someone who became a teenager after.

Someone who is 25 was born in 1990. That solidly in the middle of the that Millennial group. Definitely, not Generation X.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by bhammaster

Someone who is 25 was born in 1990. That solidly in the middle of the that Millennial group. Definitely, not Generation X.

Yes. The last GenX cohort graduated high school in 1996.

[bhammaster]

Originally Posted by aries4118

Yes. The last GenX cohort graduated high school in 1996.

Exactly,

I am in the "older millennial" group and I was in pre-school-elementary school when most of the Gen X 90s cool-stuff-that all-the-big-cool-kids-and-adults-were-doing-was going on. I don't think people realize how long ago the 90s was and how old Gen X folks are now.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by bhammaster

Exactly,

I am in the "older millennial" group and I was in pre-school-elementary school when most of the Gen X 90s cool-stuff-that all-the-big-cool-kids-and-adults-were-doing-was going on. I don't think people realize how long ago the 90s was and how old Gen X folks are now.

Yes. All true.

I am younger GenX.

Primary (older) GenX graduated high school 1983-1990 (born 1965-1972).

Mid-to-younger GenX graduated high school 1991-1996 (born 1973-1978).

[cqholt]

Not sure Buckhead is the best place to hold a panel discussion on Millenials and expect to get a genuine response. Hold it on the Eastside, at PCM or somewhere that is not dominated by older generations and then maybe I'll be more likely to believe opinions.