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I'm not sure if the urban yuppie thing is really an East Coast/California trend.
Here in Louisiana many millennials still aspire to the traditional American Dream with the single family suburban home in a gated community kind of thing and most people around here still prefer to drive to work. I'm technically a millennial and I would rather see Baton Rouge's freeway system upgraded than have more mass transit. I also practically demand cheap gas and free parking and widely available parking. And I absolutely need a house with lots of open land.
I also know plenty of rural millennials in places like West Virginia and rural Louisiana who absolutely will not live in a big city. And to many people in WV, Charleston or Morgantown are considered big cities.
True article for once. In the last couple of years almost everyone I know has left the city for the exurbs. I knew the 2017 census figures were going to support the facts. City cores aren't that great unless you can afford the $300,000 cost for a house and the high taxes that go with it. The burbs are becoming more walkable and convenient. It's easier to drive 5 min to a restaurant than have to wait for a bus IF the busline is scheduled for that day and time. I have been living in big cities almost my entire life. They ain't all that.
True article for once. In the last couple of years almost everyone I know has left the city for the exurbs. I knew the 2017 census figures were going to support the facts. City cores aren't that great unless you can afford the $300,000 cost for a house and the high taxes that go with it. The burbs are becoming more walkable and convenient. It's easier to drive 5 min to a restaurant than have to wait for a bus IF the busline is scheduled for that day and time. I have been living in big cities almost my entire life. They ain't all that.
Before you judge - I'm mixed race.
300K houses? Maybe for a studio or one bedroom apartment in cities like NYC, DC, Boston, Philly, SF, LA, San Diego, Seattle and Portland.
This is anecdotal but I'm always confused when I read these articles, as a millennial, almost everyone I know from high school and college all now live in major cities, Chicago, DC, NYC and Boston. A few I think are in NC and Richmond but that's about it. Obviously not all but I'd say most.
I think large cities will always attract millennials because that's where the big and most innovative jobs are.
The NY and DC examples are exceptions to the rule, but Philly and Chicago are not.
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