What age did you move out of your parents house/leave home?

[Swift]

Moved to Canada at 24.

[GordonBlue]

moved out when 19. was making $7 an hour. I could actually support myself on that.

[Mass_nerder]

Moved out at 24, after saving enough to buy a condo.

[81MC]

Had just turned 19 and started my apprenticeship.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Not ashamed to admit, I didn't move out till I was almost 29, and saved 20% for downpayment on my house.

Maybe an asian family thing. Same situation. Moved out at 28/29ish and bought a condo right away. It's not as taboo because the parents expect to move back in after a few decades

[Nammer403]

Moved out at 28 - Coming from asian family, saved enough money to buy a house

[The Yen Man]

Yah, I totally think it's a cultural thing. And I'm pretty close with my family, so even being moved out now, I'm still only about 10 minutes away from either my brother or my parents, and see them on a weekly basis.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Yah, I totally think it's a cultural thing. And I'm pretty close with my family, so even being moved out now, I'm still only about 10 minutes away from either my brother or my parents, and see them on a weekly basis.

One of the other CPers on here, also asian. He moved out and his family moved in next door to him without telling him

[PostandIn]

17. My mom cried when I left for Ft. McMurray when I was the one that should have been crying.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by pseudoreality

There are definitely some cultures where having multi-generational households are the norm. However, I think the divide in Canada is more rural versus urban. People growing up in rural areas typically have to travel far for school or job opportunities and therefore living at home is not an option. People in big cities have schools and job options close to home. Housing costs are high in some of Canada's larger cities and hence there is more of a financial incentive to stay at home.

I'm probably biased here, but I feel that people from small remote areas are more eager to get out, see the world, and make it on their own. However, some big city people can't imagine life outside of a 6-block radius of where they grew-up. It's like when people in Toronto complain about never being able to own a house. The concept of moving to where home ownership makes better financial sense doesn't even enter their mind.

Well aside from never wanting to move back to a small town for the different lifestyle, as an IT professional I would never be able to find a suitable job. What's the point of buying a house that you can afford in a small town if there's nothing else there that appeals to you?

[Amethyst]

I graduated from high school at 17 and moved out in the fall to go to university in a different location. I was from a small town so had no choice if I wanted to go to that school. My mom always told my brother and I that we had to move out after high school or pay rent. I was okay with that until she told me recently that if she ran out of retirement money (my parents retired quite early) she was going to move in with me! I told her, sure, if she paid rent.

I'm a little envious of those who get to live at home while starting businesses, saving up money to buy homes, etc. although I really don't think I could have handled living at home much longer than I did. I wanted to be independent and go out on my own.

[FireGilbert]

I wanted to move out at 18 but missed out on the UofA by 0.2% and ended up staying at home and going to UofC. It finally happened at 21 when I had a steady income from internship and a good friend and I moved into the top floor of a dumpy house in Banff Trail for $850 a month (Wow that sounds so cheap considering what I pay now!). I technically moved back in at 26 but it was just for two weeks in between my lease running out and leaving for Australia.



My wife and I have discussed how long we would allow our daughter to stay at home. I like to joke that she is out the door the day she turns 18 but we would let her stay longer if she was going to school, working, and contributing.

[lucky1]

night of my 18th birthday my mom caught myself and my older brother smoking joint in the basement - I was unceremoniously turfed out never to return :-)

[Cheese]

Originally Posted by puckedoff

Sounds like his parents were cooking with cheese.

Spoiler!

Nope not me.

[Poe969]

I lived with my parents until I was 27. My father and I started a company and ran it from home, I did the pay rent but helped out with things. I didn't have to cook or clean and had half of a house to myself. I didn't own a vehicle, just used my work truck so I had next to no bills at all. I put down over 25% of my first house and rented out the basement of it so the rent paid my mortgage and I was banking the rest.

[btimbit]

The summer after graduating high school. Turned 18 that January so waited until I worked full time for a few weeks before moving out.

Dad started charging me rent ($100 a month) the day I turned 18 then when I moved out gave it all back. Nice leg up for buying furniture and whatnot

[kermitology]

Stayed home until I finished university and started working. Moved out at 22 to an apartment downtown.

[activeStick]

I'm not sure how kids would be able to move out these days with rent and home prices at where they are. It can be done obviously, but you'll need to live in small spaces with roommates while saving less.

If I get married and have kids, they're welcome to stay with us for a greatly reduced rent upstairs in the same quarters or pay a little more, but still reduced, private basement. Seems to make sense financially and I'd keep the rent and gift it back to them later.

[driveway]

Currently on Kijiji there are five Bachelor/Studio apartments available in the city for less than $800/month.

A full-time, minimum wage job in Alberta pays $544/week before taxes & deductions, or $2176/month - again, before taxes & deductions. Given the basic rule that rent should be about 3 times your income, no one working a full-time, minimum wage job in Calgary can afford to rent their own apartment.

There are about 20 rooms available for $500 or less a month in shared-renting situations, so a full-time, minimum-wage employee does has some options available in the city.

However, someone working 28 hours or less a week and making minimum wage has, as far as I can see, one viable option for housing right now in the City of Calgary. A $300/month room in a basement apartment, located just south of 16th Avenue in Marlborough, which was posted 9 hours ago.

According to Google Maps, it would take two buses and 1 hour and 10 minutes to get from that home to McEwan Student Centre at the University.

[FireFly]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

One of the other CPers on here, also asian. He moved out and his family moved in next door to him without telling him

I feel very, very badly for any potential spouse. He needs to move away again and not tell them.