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For what it is worth the metro area I am in is supposedly number six for millennials.
It is expensive, but maybe not as much as some other cities that are known for millennials, in particular NYC, DC, San Francisco. If you look at this list, you can get a feel for what the rent is. For what a millennial wants, that price is actually about right. Or you can go over to Newport News, which is a lot cheaper. I'm referring to the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area.
From what I can tell, a lot have roommates. A lot have dogs. And a lot probably have better jobs than I do and more disposable income than I have. It is what it is. My complex is probably 70 to 80 percent millennials; pretty much everyone I see is younger than I am.
OP how old are you? I'm 46 and at that age I had no desire to live in any of the cities millennials are moving to. I was back in Ohio and the people there were primarily the people that grew up there. A lot of those cities were a dump. Now these cities have undergone a lot of gentrification and prices are high and the average person can't afford to live there anymore.
As far as what it is like to live here millennials are a small part of the equation. There is a lot of military here, and there are a lot of outsiders that are too old to be considered millennials. Some of the millennials are actually from the same cities millennials from other cities are moving to. When you ask what it is like living in one of these sorts of cities, please specify what it is you're looking for as I see it to be no different than living anywhere else.
Millennials do not stay in "college towns". They get their education from there and they move on.
Some places have lots of millennials because they're cheaper.
Other places have lots of millennials because certain types of 20-somethings stream into them, even though prices are high...the big tech centers are like this.
Seattle is in the latter group. But it's really just walkable Seattle and also the tech Eastside...outside of that, the region is more typical per age strata.
For what it is worth the metro area I am in is supposedly number six for millennials.
It is expensive, but maybe not as much as some other cities that are known for millennials, in particular NYC, DC, San Francisco. If you look at this list, you can get a feel for what the rent is. For what a millennial wants, that price is actually about right. Or you can go over to Newport News, which is a lot cheaper. I'm referring to the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area.
From what I can tell, a lot have roommates. A lot have dogs. And a lot probably have better jobs than I do and more disposable income than I have. It is what it is. My complex is probably 70 to 80 percent millennials; pretty much everyone I see is younger than I am.
OP how old are you? I'm 46 and at that age I had no desire to live in any of the cities millennials are moving to. I was back in Ohio and the people there were primarily the people that grew up there. A lot of those cities were a dump. Now these cities have undergone a lot of gentrification and prices are high and the average person can't afford to live there anymore.
As far as what it is like to live here millennials are a small part of the equation. There is a lot of military here, and there are a lot of outsiders that are too old to be considered millennials. Some of the millennials are actually from the same cities millennials from other cities are moving to. When you ask what it is like living in one of these sorts of cities, please specify what it is you're looking for as I see it to be no different than living anywhere else.
Millennials do not stay in "college towns". They get their education from there and they move on.
24 years old, only want to be around my fellow millennials.
24 years old, only want to be around my fellow millennials.
But your fellow millennials are everywhere.
This is what I would do.
Research, research and research.
As I mentioned a lot of millennials are here. But a lot are also in California, New York. A lot in Cleveland. A lot in Columbus, even though you may consider that to be a college town, because of Ohio State. It really isn't a college town but I get it.
Millennials in Detroit. I saw a lot in Chicago. Definitely Pittsburgh and DC, Atlanta. Find out what you want to do. Get your education. Life is more than just being around your peers. What can you afford? Are you going to work in tech? Medicine? Are you an artist? These are the things that you need to take into consideration. Different cities are better at different things.
Talking to a millennial I work with that wants to work in New York but wants to find a neighborhood but is similar price of living to Norfolk. Told me where that is in comparison to Manhattan. I never even heard of the place before. It is not in the city. She's done her homework.
As I mentioned a lot of millennials are here. But a lot are also in California, New York. A lot in Cleveland. A lot in Columbus, even though you may consider that to be a college town, because of Ohio State. It really isn't a college town but I get it.
Millennials in Detroit. I saw a lot in Chicago. Definitely Pittsburgh and DC, Atlanta. Find out what you want to do. Get your education. Life is more than just being around your peers. What can you afford? Are you going to work in tech? Medicine? Are you an artist? These are the things that you need to take into consideration. Different cities are better at different things.
Talking to a millennial I work with that wants to work in New York but wants to find a neighborhood but is similar price of living to Norfolk. Told me where that is in comparison to Manhattan. I never even heard of the place before. It is not in the city. She's done her homework.
I actually have a job that allows me a lot of options to move around.
24 years old, only want to be around my fellow millennials.
Okay, as long as we're playing "let's pretend", let's pretend that the only things allowed in your world, are those invented or created by millennials. No architecture, no companies...you get the picture...ONLY things that millennials are responsible for contributing to the world. AND, good luck with that.
They are everywhere but the recent millennial trend is to migrate from the expensive cities on the coasts to cities with lower cost of living like Atlanta, Nashville, Dallas, Austin, Charlotte, Raleigh Durham, Pittsburgh, Detroit etc.. So the concentration might be more in these cities...
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