A boingboing item (Boingboing) reports that:
More single adults living with parents than on their own for first time since 1880s
Specifically, they cite a Pew Research study to the effect that there are more single adults living with mom & dad than there are living out on their own.
Boingboing alleges that one of the drivers is offshore real-estate speculators. They point to urban areas with record low occupancy rates where the "value" (cost) of the properties in question continues to climb steadily.
They also note that those with degrees are more likely to have flown the nest than those without.
The linked Pew report (Pew report) provides a lot more data and analysis. It also has a chart which states that:
Young adults in U.S. live with parents at highest rate since Great Depression.
The discrepancy between Great Depression and 1880s possibly has to do with the focus on "young" adults in the aforementioned chart. I didn't really dig too closely into it.
This will be post and run, for a while, since I have errands to do right now.
Crossposted from caucus99percent.com