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(09-01-2016 04:25 PM)Laner Wrote:  

The downside of mass urbanization.

The next decades there will be even more pressure on the civility of western cities as things like sprawl, crime and access to jobs/infrastructure/schools become more competitive.

Already cities in Canada, which are among the most consistently highly ranked, are starting to see pockets of ghettofication. Those who have the means are living in areas that can access the best of what a city has to offer. In times past, this often meant suburbs. But now, due to insane amounts of cars on the road, many people of means would rather live with a car as a luxury rather than a necessity.

The stress and anxiety of daily driving cannot be downplayed. It will wreak havoc on a mans soul as he grinds away the hours on a hot, gridlocked roadway.

Thoughts on this?
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archiv...ty/492599/

Millennials are choosing to live in dorm like spaces.

I think it will be a growing trend. Why not? Many of this generation do in fact live in a state of arrested development.

I think this desire is also a by-product of not having families. People want social connection, but with less and less families forming, they're losing that sense of "coming home to the family" so they're replacing it with roommates. Oddly enough, I wouldn't be surprised if they spent their time in these cramped living arrangements with their faces stuck in their phones vice talking to the people sleeping 10 ft away from them.