So, factually maybe marriage is a dying institution

Marriage Is Dying

I probably write too much on here about “How Millennials Are Different From Baby Boomers And Other Generations,” (i.e. this post) and lo and behold, here-we-fucking-go-again. Here’s a post from Pew Research on generational shifts. You need to start by… Continue Reading

Holiday Inn Express just killed all the Baby Boomers

Millennials Love Automation At Hotels

Here’s an article from Fast Company on the redesign of Holiday Inn Express hotels (only in Europe for now // more on that in a second); the article is kind of odd and written in a coy, flirty way where… Continue Reading

Misconceptions: Millennials probably will quit jobs over money, aren’t “The Trophy Generation”

Millennial Misconceptions

If you think this has any value, feel free to share it around. Share buttons are at the bottom of the post.  Lot of broad generalizations about the next generation coming up, i.e. millennials. Notably: they want to live in… Continue Reading

Here comes the slow death of the suburbs

Death of the Suburbs

Here’s a report from a place called “City Observatory,” which probably means they’re fairly pro-city. So, take it with a grain of salt. But check this out:  “Periphery” means, essentially, “suburbs.” From 2002-2007 (pre-crash), they grew at 1.2 percent in… Continue Reading

How wages for young people in the U.S. changed, 1980-2013

Young People Wages in U.S.

If you think modern-day San Francisco might someday go the way of Detroit, well, there’s some new evidence you should consider. (Here’s some more ill-fated logic on what might someday “doom” SF.) This comes from an article by way of… Continue Reading

The core of the Baby Boomer vs. Millennial divide will occur in health care

Baby Boomers Millennials Health Care

The health care industry is a pretty massive (and massively important) economic concept. In 2012, it was worth about $3 trillion in the United States alone; home health care (just home) is approaching $300 billion industry value. It’s also a huge… Continue Reading

Here are the 10 cities with the largest share of young adults

Salt Lake City Young People

People love to breathlessly discuss “the cities of the future” or “where the young people are headed,” and goddamn hand to some deity, I am no exception. I’ve written about people moving away from coasts, the best cities for jobs… Continue Reading

Car culture is (slowly) dying, but the future is hard to predict

Car Culture Is Slowly Dying

I was driving to my uncle’s for Thanksgiving with my dad, my mom, and my wife; I dropped a knowledge bomb on my parents somewhere in that ride that literally seemed to give my father pause. Interested in what it… Continue Reading