Posted on 06/01/2013 10:55:17 AM PDT by YankeeReb
Theyre narcissistic. Apathetic. Pampered. And addicted to their four-inch screens.
If you believe the conventional wisdom about the millennial generation those 16 to 34 years of age, by most calculations youve got considerable reason to worry about the future of the U.S. economy. Millennials show far less interest in buying cars, homes and other big-ticket items than their parents did at the same age, which has generated an intense effort among companies that produce those things to crack the code of these crazy kids and figure out how to sell them stuff.
But the millennials may not be as mystifying as an army of sociologists makes them out to be. Every generation eventually sheds their most extreme characteristics, says Jason Dorsey of the Center for Generational Kinetics, a consulting firm in Austin, Texas. What is different about millennials is delayed adulthood. Theyre entering into many adult decisions later than ever before. And the reason may be fairly straightforward: They dont have much money. Not yet, anyway.
One of the biggest mysteries of millennials is why they seem to have little interest in cars, which have been an irresistible source of freedom and mobility for young people since the interstate highway system opened the whole country to Chevys and Mercurys in the 1950s. Yet millennials seem to scoff at the open road. The percentage of 16-to-24-year-olds with a drivers license has dropped sharply since 1997, and is now below 70% for the first time since 1963. Millennials are demonstrating significantly different lifestyle and transportation preferences than older generations, declared a recent report by the U.S. Public Interest Group. Overall, it concluded, the driving boom is over.
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If you could suggest someone else who can fix it, that would be good. I would like to hear about it too. All you want to do is complain bitterly about the old mechanic, and that is getting us nowhere.
Can’t fix it till we get rid of the guy trying to fix it. It’s like trying to fill a hole. First you stop digging.
Doesn’t do me much good to get a mechanic who can fix things if I’ve still got the other guy working on it.
Now, if you’re suggesting that the guy who is trying is amenable to reason? That would be trying to convince him not to do what he wants to do. I’m all ears. It’s probably easier to just replace him.
I like that...
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