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Originally Posted by rubecube
I'm not sure why people continue to bury their heads in the sand and tell themselves that each generation is the same as the generations that came before them. Is it somehow more comforting or something? We're seeing this trend occur in Japan and across the more secular countries in Europe. Why would we expect it to be any different in Canada?
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Generations do change. Gradually. Most 25 year olds in Canada are going to get married, have kids, and move to the suburbs. As many as did 40 years ago? No. But still most.
Every generation believes they're unique, that the world will change when they reach their full maturity. The term 'generation gap' was coined in the 60s. Boomers did grow up to be different from their parents. Somewhat. But not dramatically. Those hippies and campus radicals who were going to overturn the system got married, worked for the man, moved to the burbs, and had kids.
Women today are waiting longer to have kids and they're having fewer of them. But most will still be parents at some point in their life. More people are buying condos, but detached homes still make up the largest housing category by far. New sub-divisions are still being built on the perimeter of every city in the country.