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I know the area well. Are you going to help her get a house there?
She doesn't want a house... there, she wants to move. If she'll move, then yes.
I have two adult children in Florida, another one on his way to Utah (currently in WV) who also wants to 'eventually' be in Florida. So, out my four adult kids, two have homes and two do not. They all want to move back to Florida.
If they do... then yes.
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The situation has massively changed so much in just a few years. I bought my first house in 2014 and it cost me 130k. Purchase price was 100k and it was a fixer requiring 30k of updates/repairs.
Same house today is worth 350k. That town no longer has working class/starter housing.
Something is wrong.
At the same time homelessness has exploded into a statewide crisis. Does no one see the connection?
Millennials aren’t buying houses and are fed up with the housing market nonsense. They are also fed up with the moving goal post of the American dream and are looking to retire outside the country so they can live comfortably. Also opting out of having kids. I believe America is going to look a lot differently in the future. Thoughts?
However many Millennials it applies to (probably still a minority, though a significant minority), it's definitely a major trend. Why do you think they're bringing in so many immigrants in the West?
For a microcosm, look at NYC, Toronto, or London. Massive percentage of foreign-born residents. Officially around 40-45%, often feels like 75-80% (since many of them have US-born children, even if parents don't speak English / have accent, so seems like a foreign family). Yet in spite of such shallow roots, these places still function well enough - in a practical, mechanical sense; not going to get into cultural questions.
So, the real question is, is there any shortage of foreigners - the 7.5 billion who live outside of the US - who will serve as the 'new blood' that the Millennials will not provide in the same measure as prior generations? Having been to a few dozen countries and lived in several, I'm going to say no way is there a shortage of them, not a chance.
Even if the American dream is over or changing dramatically, there are billions of foreigners who haven't yet gotten the memo. And if you're a doctor or engineer or teacher earning $20k / $10k / $5k per year respectively abroad, the US still looks damn good, even if you're aware of the cons of living here, which most aren't. If all 330 million of us perished tomorrow, there are probably 330 million Chinese (or Indians, etc.) who would move here the next day if given the chance.
The US is much better positioned to handle a slow-growth population crisis than most/all of Europe is, due to the size/geographic diversity of the country, the English language, and the American Dream / Land of Opportunity branding.
Millennials aren’t buying houses and are fed up with the housing market nonsense. They are also fed up with the moving goal post of the American dream and are looking to retire outside the country so they can live comfortably. Also opting out of having kids. I believe America is going to look a lot differently in the future. Thoughts?
As a millennial, I agree with everything said here. This phenomenon has already started with older generations leaving for a better standard of living. I'm meeting older folks who are purchasing retirement homes outside of the US and saving up as much as possible with plans of saying farewell to America within the next 10 years. I'm already looking for potential locations outside the US for myself.
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