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Soon You Too Will Be Moving Back in with Your Parents!
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John Del Signore
Published Mar 22, 2010
Modified Mar 22, 2010
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About twice as many 25-to-34-year-olds are living "back at home" in multi-generational households than in 1980, according to a New York Times analysis of census data dating to 2008. The article takes an up-close look at the "Boomeranger" trend, which is bringing adults back to their parents' homes in ever-increasing numbers, in the wake of a largely jobless "recovery" from the great recession. And if you think moving back in with the 'rents is rough, how about moving back in with the 'rents with your husband, like 39-year-old unemployed lawyer Jennifer Bliss, who tells Time Magazine, "I went to law school to have a solid profession so that I wouldn't wind up in a situation like this."
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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