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That’s hilarious!
It was obviously not hilarious, but I am trying desperately to respond in a way that seems positive, yet that reflects the humor of the situation without being insensitive. I am failing miserably.
That's all good and well, but people have been living together after divorce for a long time. This article seems to be nothing but anecdotal data. You almost had no choice but to do this before the '60s. Divorce has always been expensive, and people choose to cohabitate for financial reasons. Perhaps people have been cohabitation after divorce at higher rates since the Fed has raised interest rates, or perhaps not. B…
It probably shouldn’t go without stating that many separated women couldn’t establish credit on their own or open bank accounts. Banks weren’t required to lend to women until the 70s. My grandmother had this issue after she divorced.
There were even programs available to women (and men) for obtaining a mortgage, such as the FHA program established in 1934: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHA_insured_loan (this program is still around)
Suppressed household formation is the reason why increasing supply often doesn't look like it's working. There are tens of millions of people who want to move out of their current situation into a smaller household.
~16% of 25-35 year olds life at home with parents. I imagine a much smaller percent prefer that if not for financial reasons.
20 years of 'this is my house and...' is enough :D
I think we are also seeing lower divorce rates and suspect a rebound once the economy picks up and as this generation of children ages.
I do wonder if it's correlated to the decline in couples having children.
[1] https://www.forbes.com/advisor/legal/divorce/divorce-statist...
> Housing Costs Are So High They left out the "in the trendy, inner city areas we want to live in" part. Because whilst housing prices are rising in cities we are also seeing major declines in populations for smaller towns. And whilst our parents were willing to sacrifice and embrace these towns which in turn became gentrified it doesn't seem current generations feel the same way.
> Housing Costs Are So High They left out the "in the trendy, inner city areas we want to live in" part. Because whilst housing prices are rising in cities we are also seeing major declines in populations for smaller towns. And whilst our parents were willing to sacrifice and embrace these towns which in turn became gentrified it doesn't seem current generations feel the same way.
That's all good and well, but people have been living together after divorce for a long time. This article seems to be nothing but anecdotal data. You almost had no choice but to do this before the '60s. Divorce has always been expensive, and people choose to cohabitate for financial reasons. Perhaps people have been cohabitation after divorce at higher rates since the Fed has raised interest rates, or perhaps not. B…
The rate of cohabitation was probably sky high because most couples who wanted to divorce just stayed married because actual divorce wasn't worth it.
If you still get along well enough that you can live together peacefully, you might as well just stay married!
On the other hand, in coming times of global depopulation, what will housing situation look like?