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Originally Posted by chemgear
We have a coworker who used to live downtown and a 2 minute commute. Got married and started having kids. She/they basically dragged him out to Fish Creek, then McKenzie Towne, and he now commutes in from High River. We joke that he'll be in Mexico by the end of the decade.
He's also given up on life and capitulated to the despair of being chained to the mini-van now.  |
Well that is just how life changes though. The idea that millenials are so different from the prior generations is just romanticised. I know that technology and lifestyle to some extent will change how life is lived, but at the same time there are things about life that really doesn't change.
I think the minivan is a perfect illustration in a lot of ways. I know that a lot of people hate them and refuse to drive one. Then one day you have a kid or two and the sliding door and spacious interior is just plain great. So yeah, when you're young and single with no kids it's not something that you want to drive. But your needs change and suddenly minvans and proximity to parks and schools is as important as nightlife and fun patios once were.