Young adults stick around the house a while
By choice or financial necessity, many twentysomethings are waiting to move out.
Michael H. Hodges / The Detroit News
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It used to be, broadly speaking, that any college graduate still living at home with the parents risked being labeled a slacker, a loser or worse.
That's the sticky wicket in which Matthew McConaughey finds himself in the film "Failure to Launch," which has remained in the top 10 since its release a few weeks ago.
But in reality, it seems, twentysomethings still under the parental roof today often seem to have made calculated decisions about their finances and plans for the future.
Simply put, some young adults -- such as ---- ----, 26, or --- ----, 27 -- appear to have traded the dessert of total independence for the broccoli of paying off one's debts and saving for that first house.
----- who lives with his parents in Canton Township, is a new pilot for Northwest Air Link. Contrary to assumptions, says the graduate of ----- ------ University, a pilot's pay the first couple years starting out is surprisingly low.
"My goal is to move out on my own this year," he says, "but I need to pay off a lot of loans, want to take care of that."
----- says at least four of his friends are in the same boat.
Since he enjoys his parents -- and, as a pilot, only sleeps at home about 15 nights a month anyway -- the situation has worked out pretty well. -----admits, however, that it can pose issues when he's first chatting up a girl he likes.
"Then I remember," he says, "that this is temporary. I joke about it."
This article was just in todays detroit free press. It is my buddy so I took out his name. I think it is kind of funny. It's in the feature section. Now the general public is going to realize we are broke.
By choice or financial necessity, many twentysomethings are waiting to move out.
Michael H. Hodges / The Detroit News
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It used to be, broadly speaking, that any college graduate still living at home with the parents risked being labeled a slacker, a loser or worse.
That's the sticky wicket in which Matthew McConaughey finds himself in the film "Failure to Launch," which has remained in the top 10 since its release a few weeks ago.
But in reality, it seems, twentysomethings still under the parental roof today often seem to have made calculated decisions about their finances and plans for the future.
Simply put, some young adults -- such as ---- ----, 26, or --- ----, 27 -- appear to have traded the dessert of total independence for the broccoli of paying off one's debts and saving for that first house.
----- who lives with his parents in Canton Township, is a new pilot for Northwest Air Link. Contrary to assumptions, says the graduate of ----- ------ University, a pilot's pay the first couple years starting out is surprisingly low.
"My goal is to move out on my own this year," he says, "but I need to pay off a lot of loans, want to take care of that."
----- says at least four of his friends are in the same boat.
Since he enjoys his parents -- and, as a pilot, only sleeps at home about 15 nights a month anyway -- the situation has worked out pretty well. -----admits, however, that it can pose issues when he's first chatting up a girl he likes.
"Then I remember," he says, "that this is temporary. I joke about it."
This article was just in todays detroit free press. It is my buddy so I took out his name. I think it is kind of funny. It's in the feature section. Now the general public is going to realize we are broke.
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