{"id":6088,"date":"2014-10-27T14:42:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T06:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=6088"},"modified":"2014-10-27T14:42:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T06:42:20","slug":"the-cheapest-generation-derek-thompson-and-jordan-weissmann-the-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/27\/the-cheapest-generation-derek-thompson-and-jordan-weissmann-the-atlantic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cheapest Generation – Derek Thompson and Jordan Weissmann – The Atlantic"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nIn some respects, Millennials\u2019 residential aspirations appear to be changing just as significantly as their driving habits\u2014indeed, the two may be related. The old cul-de-sacs of Revolutionary Road and Desperate Housewives have fallen out of favor with Generation\u00a0Y. Rising instead are both city centers and what some developers call \u201curban light\u201d\u2014denser suburbs that revolve around a walkable town center. \u201cPeople are very eager to create a life that blends the best features of the American suburb\u2014schools still being the primary, although not the only, draw\u2014and urbanity,\u201d says Adam Ducker, a managing director at the real-estate consultancy RCLCO. These are places like Culver City, California, and Evanston, Illinois, where residents can stroll among shops and restaurants or hop on public transportation. Such small cities and town centers lend themselves to tighter, smaller housing developments, whether apartments in the middle of town, or small houses a five-minute drive away. An RCLCO survey from 2007 found that 43\u00a0percent of Gen\u2011Yers would prefer to live in a close-in suburb, where both the houses and the need for a car are smaller.
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  In some respects, Millennials\u2019 residential aspirations appear to be changing just as significantly as their driving habits\u2014indeed, the two may be related. The old cul-de-sacs of Revolutionary Road and Desperate Housewives have fallen out of favor with Generation\u00a0Y. Rising instead are both city centers and what some developers call \u201curban light\u201d\u2014denser suburbs that revolve … <\/p>\n

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