Linkage: how millennials learned to love the suburbs
Millennials, world champions of whining about everything, are giving up on city living and moving to the suburbs.
According to a new Realtor.com analysis, 14 of the 15 fastest-growing towns in the U.S. are suburbs no hipster millennial would have been caught dead in 5 years ago.
Millennial Mom and Dad are realizing it’s easier to raise kids and pay student loans when you have a back yard and lower cost of living.
On the other end of the wealth spectrum, one guy in NYC owns two private islands but isn’t happy with them.
“I thought I would have great thoughts out here,” he said, but most of his thoughts have been about money, the NY Times reports. How quintessentially American and perfect for the 4th of July week.
Enjoy the rest of Linkage below.
- Ticketmaster fined $3 million for excessive fees(pitchfork.com)
- Data firm CoreLogic predicts 5.6% increase in home prices this year(corelogic.com)
- How's it feel to work at a failing bank?(bloomberg.com)
- Good news for home sellers—number of homes for sale down 0.3% in June(redfin.com)
- Millennials are growing up and learning to love the suburbs(wsj.com)
- Can you imagine having a private island and not being happy with it?(nytimes.com)
- The original 13 states are really expensive to live in(lendingtree.com)
- Facebook is in trouble for potentially allowing advertising discrimination...again(governor.ny.gov)
- Remember how FB dropped some bombs the last time that happened?(thebasispoint.com)
- On The Benefits of Being Average(awealthofcommonsense.com)