re: Here's how many millennials live with their parents in each US state

To me the range should start later. I mean I lived with my parents until I was 22. Graduated debt free in a field that pays me a 6 figure salary now. To me there's nothing wrong with that.

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You made it, Gravy

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I think people tend to exaggerate whole "everyone USED TO move out at 18" thing

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North Dakota parents are not fricking around...GTFO!...

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they just slap another teepee up

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I think people tend to exaggerate whole "everyone USED TO move out at 18" thing

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I do wonder what percentage of those state by state numbers are made up of 18 year old's who are high school seniors.

For example, a state may show 20% of Millennials still live at home. But what if out of that 20%, half of are high school seniors? Then the real number of Millennials who should have already moved out is really only 10% and not 20%.

I'm not saying I know for sure, but I do believe the addition of high school seniors skew these stats higher than they would be otherwise.

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There's nothing wrong with staying with your parents until you're like 25 or so.

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there is a lot wrong with staying at your parents at the age of 25.

21 ok i get it. you lived at home while in college. to me that would suck but I know for some it makes sense.

i was "booted" out at 18. Think it was for the best. Made me more personally responsible for myself, knocked a lot of boots in the coed dorms, and learned how to do my own laundry until I got said boots to start doing it for me.

I was thinking, on the way to work this morning, how can some of these people afford to go on these trips and buy things all the time? Meanwhile, I'm making more money than they are. But then I remember that those same people live at home with mommy still, or they have their parents still giving them money.

I moved out to go to college at 17. I haven't been back home since. Even going through my divorce and I was barely getting by, I never thought about running home to live with one of my parents. My ex lived with her parents until we got married. I'll never consider marrying another girl unless she has been out on her own and paying her own bills. The ones that don't, get you in credit trouble.

yay it's the daily tke thread....

Holy shite, the Northeast...

Not a millennial and don't live with my parent's but I think this is actually a pretty smart thing to do. I remember my first several years after college and how most of my income went to rent, furnishing an apartment, paying for further education (pre-reqs for grad school). My parents wanted me to stay home and save, but I was eager to get out on my on. Looking back I see how wise my parents were. I do not have kids, but I am all for this concept. Share the cost, allows the young adult to save money and invest instead of renting and wasting money they could be investing. I really think this is something positive that came out of the recession.