A New(?)Trend

 Millinials tend to be an unsettled group, but why?  Many no longer want city life due to rising costs of paying rent.  So, during the pandemic they moved to the quiet suburbs where they could afford a house.  But what has happened since they bought those houses during the pandemic? They have depreciated and many want to move back to the city where they don't have to drive 30 minutes to an hour or find that bar where everyone knows your name.

The commutes are longer, and while housing was affordable at that time, some are underwater with their homes having depreciated since.  But some have decided to ditch suburban life and move back to the cities.  Too often the suburbs are too quiet and some just miss city life.  It's a famiar story for many millilials.  

This is a story about today's millinials with growing families that have become disillusioned by suburban life.  I guess we're talking here about New York City in particular, but this could be about any major city in the US where rent prices drive many further out in search of affordable housing.  

I mention this today, because I just read an article about how today's young families adjust to a post-pandemic world.  The quiet cheaper out of the way rural areas of the US in particular aren't always the answer if one is used to city life, with neighborhood coffee shops and bars.  City life has a lot to offer younger families who enjoy a more active social life than the quiet cheaper rural and somewhat cheaper suburbia.  

My son likens Cape Coral to Columbus with a beach, although he grew up in suburbia.  I always felt somewhat isolated in suburbia although we lived in our house for 23 years.  But suburbia and somewhat mote rural living is not always the answer.  And now it seems millinials are beginning to move back to the cities from which they jettisoned for  cheaper housing. 

I'm not asking for much except for a place to smoke my pipe.  My wife has her priorities on what she wants, but not ownership.  I never frequented bars and never cared much for coffee shops, but today's younger generation seems to like socialization more than many in my generation did.  I'm pretty content with a suburban life, while my sons socialize a lot more.  

I'm beginning to think I'm just an old man that likes a very quiet life.  But sometimes suburbia is just too quiet.  And many millinials are finding this out for themselves.  Most who made the move miss city life.  I can understand wholeheartedly.  But I am where I am supposed to be for now, and that suits me just fine.  Many have adjusted, but some have chosen to move back to the city.  I'm smoking my Sherlock Holmes pipe with some Captain Bob's Blend this morning and I'm hoping you each feel you are where you're supposed to be for right now.  Some of you might be moving on, but for right now you have a place.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave