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Don't buy in there. I know several people who lived there and got out. Bad construction. Promised stuff that never was put into building. I know who owns the one exactly like it (other side) but with a better view.
And the golf course is dead now.
??? I don't think many High School students are in any sort of position to buy real estate - you must live in a VERY wealthy community...
Depending on the source, people born as early as 1961 fall under Generation X. They would graduate high school in 1979. ALL sources consider 1965 Gen X. People born in 1965 graduated in 1983. So, if all GenXers in your area were in high school through the 80s, you must live in a community full of idiots.
...Houses didn't start growing until the 80s, coincidentally about the same time the first of the GenXers began entering the market....ALL sources consider 1965 Gen X. People born in 1965 graduated in 1983. So, if all GenXers in your area were in high school through the 80s, you must live in a community full of idiots.
So - in your world, 19-24 year olds are buying McMansions?
A very wealthy community, indeed...
Originally Posted by jaynarie View Post
...Houses didn't start growing until the 80s, coincidentally about the same time the first of the GenXers began entering the market....ALL sources consider 1965 Gen X. People born in 1965 graduated in 1983. So, if all GenXers in your area were in high school through the 80s, you must live in a community full of idiots.
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Originally Posted by GuyInSD
So - in your world, 19-24 year olds are buying McMansions?
A very wealthy community, indeed...
And those were our ages in 1989, how did we have such a huge impact throughout the 1980's?
In 1980 our age range was 0-14, and by 1989 we were 9-24. These are just not prime industry redefining home buying ages.
So - in your world, 19-24 year olds are buying McMansions?
A very wealthy community, indeed...
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Originally Posted by Pooks1976
And those were our ages in 1989, how did we have such a huge impact throughout the 1980's?
In 1980 our age range was 0-14, and by 1989 we were 9-24. These are just not prime industry redefining home buying ages.
Wow.
A. My original quote:
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Originally Posted by jaynarie
It almost wasn't until GenX started buying houses that they started growing in size.
Notice the word ALMOST.
B. Your math is wrong. As I said, sources start Gen-X as early as 1961. (I see you conveniently cut that out in your quote and the other ignored it.) In 1989, that puts the oldest at 28. The most restrictive sources use 1965, which would give you the oldest at 24. Since there is no definitive source, they all need to be considered. You can't pick and choose which to use.
C. Nowhere did I say that anyone was buying a McMansion. That size house didn't even become common until the 90s. I do know people plenty of people who purchased a 1500-2000 square foot home in their early to mid 20s. (1500-2000 is approximately the average home size in the 80s per the graph linked earlier in the thread that I've embedded below.)
D. The only thing I mentioned is that the size of the houses began to increase around the same time Gen-X began to purchase houses. That is all. I didn't say WHO was purchasing the larger homes. Just that there was a correlation. It was a very simple statement, which is TRUE based on factual data. See below.
Baby Boomers are birth years 1946-1964 according to MOST. That's why I crack up when people lump us all together. My mom is the oldest year Baby Boomer and I am the youngest. When we each entered adulthood in this country, was like a night/day comparison.
Baby Boomers are birth years 1946-1964 according to MOST. That's why I crack up when people lump us all together. My mom is the oldest year Baby Boomer and I am the youngest. When we each entered adulthood in this country, was like a night/day comparison.
For the last 30 years I've always been under the impression that baby boomers were born from 1946 to 1964. Any of these other dates are just aberrations from the consensus.
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I don't know who sets those generation years, but according to the commonly accepted dates, one of our kids is genX, the other two millennials. That doesn't really make much sense.
I don't know who sets those generation years, but according to the commonly accepted dates, one of our kids is genX, the other two millennials. That doesn't really make much sense.
Well - that depends - how many years apart are they?
Or - if you had your children near the dividing line between Generations, then, yes, it is entirely possible.
The dividing line can be fuzzy - "Generation Jones" has been used to describe late-Boomers/early Gen-X and more recently, "Xennial/Oregon Trail Generation/Generation Catalano" has been used to describe late Gen-X/early Millennials.
One thing I am fairly certain of, though - Gen-Xers for the most part were not buying up real estate in the 1980s - kinda hard to do so when you're either in diapers or in high school at the start of the decade.
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??? I don't think many High School students are in any sort of position to buy real estate - you must live in a VERY wealthy community...
