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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2535941" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-21/number-millennials-living-home-mom-reaches-75-year-high" target="_blank">The Obama &#039;Recovery&#039;: Number Of Millennials Living At Home With Mom Reaches 75-Year High | Zero Hedge</a>Millennials finally get to claim a trophy for an achievement they actually earned (no participation medals here)...that&#039;s right, Millennials have officially set a 75-year record for highest percentage of young adults living at home with mom.&nbsp; At just under 40%, Millennials are barely shy of the all-time record of 40.9% set in 1940, after the end of the Great Depression.&nbsp; For once, we have every confidence that our young snowflakes will excel in crushing this longstanding record.&nbsp; Per the <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/percentage-of-young-americans-living-with-parents-rises-to-75-year-high-1482316203" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a>:Almost 40% of young Americans were living with their parents, siblings or other relatives in 2015, the largest percentage since 1940, according to an analysis of census data by real estate tracker Trulia.Despite a rebounding economy and recent job growth, the share of those between the ages of 18 and 34 doubling up with parents or other family members has been rising since 2005. Back then, before the start of the last recession, roughly one out of three were living with family.The trend runs counter to that of previous economic cycles, when after a recession-related spike, the number of younger Americans living with relatives declined as the economy improved.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2535941, member: 12952"] [URL="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-21/number-millennials-living-home-mom-reaches-75-year-high"]The Obama 'Recovery': Number Of Millennials Living At Home With Mom Reaches 75-Year High | Zero Hedge[/URL] Millennials finally get to claim a trophy for an achievement they actually earned (no participation medals here)...that's right, Millennials have officially set a 75-year record for highest percentage of young adults living at home with mom. [B]At just under 40%, Millennials are barely shy of the all-time record of 40.9% set in 1940, after the end of the Great Depression.[/B] For once, we have every confidence that our young snowflakes will excel in crushing this longstanding record. Per the [URL='http://www.wsj.com/articles/percentage-of-young-americans-living-with-parents-rises-to-75-year-high-1482316203']Wall Street Journal[/URL]: [B]Almost 40% of young Americans were living with their parents[/B], siblings or other relatives in 2015, the largest percentage since 1940, according to an analysis of census data by real estate tracker Trulia. Despite a rebounding economy and recent job growth, the share of those between the ages of 18 and 34 doubling up with parents or other family members has been rising since 2005. Back then, before the start of the last recession, roughly one out of three were living with family. [B]The trend runs counter to that of previous economic cycles, when after a recession-related spike, the number of younger Americans living with relatives declined as the economy improved.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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