Octopus Overlords

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 24, 2022 5:32 pm Why are you going outside?

Study: Millennials didn’t stray far from where they grew up wrote:Growing up in mid-sized Virginia Beach, Andrew Waldholtz wanted to live in a big city so he moved to the District of Columbia for college. After four years in the comparatively expensive city, he realized he wanted a place to live that was more affordable.

Waldholtz, 35, eventually found a happy compromise in St. Louis whose Midwestern affordability and opportunities to build his career in corporate compliance had the added bonus that his sister and brother-in-law lived there.

Now living 940 miles (1,513 kilometers) away from Virginia Beach, Waldholtz is in a distinct minority among others who reached adulthood in the 21st century in that he resides a half-continent away from where he grew up, according to a new study by U.S. Census Bureau and Harvard University researchers released Monday.

The study found that by age 26 more than two-thirds of young adults in the U.S. lived in the same area where they grew up, 80% had moved less than 100 miles (161 kilometers) away and 90% resided less than 500 miles (804 kilometers) away. Migration distances were shorter for Black and Hispanic individuals, compared to white and Asian young adults, and the children of higher income parents traveled farther away from their hometowns than those of less wealthy parents, according to the study.

coopasonic wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:58 pm Ummm you guys aren't millennials. Actually I wanna say stess is a bit younger, so maybe...

edit: anyway, the majority of members here are Gen X.

The study looked at the likelihood of people born primarily between 1984 and 1992 moving away from the commuting zone they grew up in.

Zarathud wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:14 pm I live 45 miles away from my hometown. But it’s the difference between the major metropolitan city of Chicago and a town that still has its outdoor movie theater.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 5:25 pm I live in the same town/county I was born in.

I was born on the south side, grew up to 8 on the NE side and moved to the NW side until 16 when I moved to the West side. Then at 18 I moved to the south side where I am now and have been for 34 years. Will always be here.

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 9:33 pm I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that divide before.

Kraken wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:13 pm But I'm a boomer and we were a more footloose generation.

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 12:57 pm I grew up in Oxnard, Clovis, Fresno, Sparks, Reno, Terre Haute, Indianapolis, and Denver.

Jaymon wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 2:15 pm English man, its a mess. is that the man with one arm, or the one man who is armed?

hepcat wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 1:44 pm

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 12:57 pm I grew up in Oxnard, Clovis, Fresno, Sparks, Reno, Terre Haute, Indianapolis, and Denver.

Were your parents running from the one armed man?

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 3:23 pm Fun note! Jaymon just reported Isgrimnur's post with what was intended (I hope) to be a reply to Isg.

Jaymann wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 4:13 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 3:23 pm Fun note! Jaymon just reported Isgrimnur's post with what was intended (I hope) to be a reply to Isg.

I was in my car and wondered why it didn't post.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 5:18 pm I dont think I was supposed to drink it as it hurts but instead mix it with something like rum.

The Q Drinks line was designed to be mixed in cocktails, so they aren't generally meant to be consumed on their own