How ATL millennials see themselves (Atlanta, Buckhead: real estate, 2015, buy)

[arjay57]

Apparently there has been the same percentage of Millennials for decades.

Panel moderator, 43-year-old Paces Properties principal George Banks (a Gen Xer, not a Millennial), started the Bisnow program discussion on the Atlanta Millennial Revolution by stating he believes “90 percent of the perceptions are not true”.

For instance, there is the perception that a greater percentage of Millennials enjoy living inside the city limits than previous generations have at their age. Some 14 percent of 25 to 34-year-olds in metro Atlanta certainly do Banks told the audience of about 250 real estate professionals.

But Banks offered this caveat: that ratio has been the same in the ’90s, in the ’80s, in the ’70s, etc. “Young people have lived intown a long time.” In his mind, Banks concluded, “Millennials will eventually flock back to the suburbs, as every previous generation of youngsters has eventually done.”

Panel ‘selfie’ concludes Buckhead snapshot look at Millennials perceptions

[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.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

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.

Most likely the panelists were invited and not just locals who dropped in.

Don't forget it was the Buckhead crowd who developed KSM and are doing the Memorial drive thing. Those folks are pretty plugged into the millennial scene.

[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?

[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.

Sure, some remain staunch and never do this. But for the majority, life happens, and an Odyssey all of a sudden makes the most sense considering all the new information he didn't have when he made the proclamation he'd never own one.

Suburbs are just the most recent incarnation of the mini-van. There'll always be the holdouts, like the vocal folks we have on this board. But for most, the need for space, schools, sports, activities, etc....all that stuff, will lead them to the suburbs.

[bryantm3]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Don't forget it was the Buckhead crowd who developed KSM and are doing the Memorial drive thing. Those folks are pretty plugged into the millennial scene.

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".

[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.

[ATLTJL]

Bryantm3, the rules up for discussion never quite applied to low class, gay, or transgender people.

That's why gays gathered in places like midtown and VaHi and made them great.

I think they probably do apply across racial lines, however.

[arjay57]

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.

Sure, some remain staunch and never do this. But for the majority, life happens, and an Odyssey all of a sudden makes the most sense considering all the new information he didn't have when he made the proclamation he'd never own one.

Suburbs are just the most recent incarnation of the mini-van. There'll always be the holdouts, like the vocal folks we have on this board. But for most, the need for space, schools, sports, activities, etc....all that stuff, will lead them to the suburbs.

Your post reminds me of the State farm commercial I linked to a while back.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Z91YkPatw

[ATLTJL]

Exactly. Life freaking happens.

So anyone who proclaims, "I'm never...XXX" is a fool. Because they can't possibly understand what life is going to throw at them and what will make the most sense for those situations.

I tuen out those people.

All anyone can say is, "this is what is working well for me now."