Showing posts with label Generation Y. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Generation Y. Show all posts
Friday, March 11, 2016
Monday, March 7, 2016
David F. Ruccio — Generation screwed
Millennials aka Generation Y feel the socio-economic burn and therefore the political Bern. Many of them are angry at what they view as screwed up world foisted on them by people they disrespect.
It's too early to tell much about things will turn out for Generation Z. Generation Z is something of a wildcard, being digitally native and socially networked, as well as multicultural and inclusive along with highly diverse. How this unique background will interact with their opportunities and challenges is yet to be seen.
These generations are poised to become the engines of change.
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Generation screwed
David F. Ruccio | Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame
Thursday, July 12, 2012
New trend in housing developing — urbanization
Suburbs are so 20th century. Here's why so many of us are moving back downtown.
Just after the close of World War II, the last Great Migration in the United States — the move from the city to the new suburbs — began to emerge, fueled by new roads, low congestion, and modest energy costs. It was a new beginning, a chance to shake off the past, and it came complete with the promise of more privacy, more safety, and easier financing.
Not surprisingly, Americans bought in.Read the rest at AlterNet
After that, it didn’t take long for the preferred retailers to do likewise, abandoning the city and following their customers to the suburbs. The suburban single family home on a large lot became synonymous with the American Dream.
After 60 years, many commentators have announced that the American Dream is poised to make its next great shift — this time from the suburbs to the urban core of our cities. Indeed, at the recent New Partners for Smart Growth Conference in San Diego, Chris Nelson, Joe Molinaro and Shyam Kannan made it clear that a radical shift in preferences is on the horizon.
They’re not alone in that position.
Just last week, Robert Shiller of the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Index made the dramatic statement that, with our growing shift to renting and city living, suburban home prices may never rebound in our lifetime.
Why such pronounced findings? According to researchers, it lies in the preferences of our largest generation since the Boomers, the under 30 Generation Y.
But, why?
How Millennials Are Driving The Great Migration of the 21st Century
by Nathan Norris | Placeshakers and Newsmakers
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