Posted on 03/02/2010 12:41:19 AM PST by jerry557
“But I was poor and independent, and the poverty did not last for long. Even in the mid-80s in Michigan (with 14% unemployment), there was a place for a young man willing to work hard.”
You were not poor, you were broke. Being poor is a state of mind, being broke is a temporary situation.
My children have moved home and away a number of times, and not all because of the current economic crisis. It’s what families do.
Note to self: Move. Leave no forwarding address. Send adult kids pleasant emails every week.
Where do you live at those prices?
Even getting a rental these days isnt easy. Landlords want perfect credit scores. And they dont like the idea of 3 20-something boys sharing a little apartmment. They assume it will be trashed.
In this economy NOBODY wants to assume any risk at all. We have gone from one extreme (risking everything which is what got us into this mess) to not risking anything at all (which is preventing us from recoving from this mess).
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