The nuclear family isn't working • Hacker News Board

Re: The nuclear family isn't working

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Post by sneak » Sat, Aug 06, 2022, 11:31 PM UTC

cudgy wrote: post #50

sneak wrote: post #49

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Your comment seems to make some incorrect assumptions about me. Could you perhaps name a specific cheap place in the USA that you believe is not a car-centric cultural wasteland?

I already did. Certain downtown and midtown areas in towns and cities all across the country. Mainly you want a place with the necessities nearby like groceries, a few decent restaurants, a gym, and possibly a store that sells general items like a hardware store. This covers 80-90% of the need for a car. Take uber, a ride share, or reimburse a neighbor for the few times you need further transport. Many suburban areas…

You have not named any specific place in either of your comments, making your claims unfalsifiable.

Re: The nuclear family isn't working

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Post by gleenn » Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 1:22 AM UTC

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #39

gleenn wrote: post #37

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I understand your sentiment, I could move with the tides, but I think my point (even if I'm somewhat stubborn) is that I don't think enough people point out how much harder it's gotten for everyone, especially for newer generations. I'm a very high earner yada-yada but I wonder how others who make more reasonable salaries are surviving at all here. And I think the kicker is just hearing older generations not really u…

But your "same location" is the location that had the single greatest inflation in housing costs in the country. You're drawing your conclusions from an outlier - the outlier, in fact.

I think you're missing the point that it's the first time in American history that children have done worse iff than their parents in 200 years of history. Yeah, SF is expensive, but also everything is expensive. A lot more. Opportunities are not what they used to be. Housing is one part if it, but wages have severely stagnated, and costs of living have definitely increased.

Re: The nuclear family isn't working

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Post by fourmajor » Thu, Aug 11, 2022, 10:25 PM UTC

It's unfortunate that he mis-used the term "cohousing," which is a distinct type of neighborhood/community that can be very beneficial for raising a family. It's a neighborhood in which your neighbors are often a kind of extended family. It would have deserved its own examination in the article. Cohousing is not living with more people in one house as the author characterized it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohousing