Brooklyn Brownstones Stay All in the Family
This morning The Observer reports on how many kids who grew up in houses in the Brownstone Belt are, as adults, moving back in with mom and dad. The trend is seen as having a lot to do with brownstone neighborhoods now being hip and yet frequently unaffordable for recent grads who might otherwise make…
This morning The Observer reports on how many kids who grew up in houses in the Brownstone Belt are, as adults, moving back in with mom and dad. The trend is seen as having a lot to do with brownstone neighborhoods now being hip and yet frequently unaffordable for recent grads who might otherwise make a go of it alone:
All the graduates interviewed for this story agreed that living on your own in New York City was possible, especially if you had a well-paying corporate job. But for those who hope to someday own property in the areas where they grew up, or to make a career in a less lucrative field, living with your parents makes a certain kind of sense; you can’t afford not to.
The bigger question, maybe, is how much more prevalent this phenomenon is in brownstone areas (which often have bigger houses than in other parts of the city) than it is in other NYC neighborhoods or even the U.S. as a whole. Could this just be part of a larger cultural shift in which more kids are coming back home post-college, or is it indeed more common in brownstone Brooklyn?
Full Brownstone Nests) [NY Observer]
Photo from Orchard Lake.
only in America would someone give praise to a bitter, young, single mother who apparently hates people who were blessed to have not been born in poverty (i.e. 99% of people on this blog)
I would never go on a second date with someone who says “Amen to that.” EVER. What are you, some kind of jesus freak?
moreteasir, you’re hilarious. Thanks for cracking me up. And I don’t know about your psychic powers but you sound pretty on the mark in terms of riling up the uptight crowd. 😉
i want to know why someone who was raised in the projects let her mom sit there and fester while she racked up “six figures” in the bank.
sounds like bullshit to me.
little education and sex, i mean, six figures, eh?
“I would NEVER go on a second date with someone if they told me they lived with their parents.”
Amen to that.
4:07:
I don’t value my life in dollars and cents. I have a very happy life, own property in the city I love and work a job I can’t wait to go to every day.
Single mother, huh?
Sounds like you made some really bad decisions in life.
Sorry to hear it.
Maybe one day you will realize that you should spend a little more time on trying to be happy, instead of telling others what they have done or not done with their lives.
I have met a few women in my life like you and it’s sad to see how someone so young can be so full of bitterness and hate.
…Happily married, own two homes outright, and a mill in savings yet here you are having a discussion on the same upper-income website with someone who grew up in the projects of Brooklyn to a single mother, has less education, is younger than you and probably is worth more than you. How’s that for inspiring.
You’re an underachiever 3:54. You should have moved back in with your parents, you could have learned a thing or two.
just breaking your balls, 2:14 🙂
but normally the difference between 2006 and 2000 is 6 not 7.
3:33…you don’t know me. And you sound like a really bitter, hateful woman.
My parents have been happily married for over 30 years, own two homes outright and have probably a million dollars in savings. They are wonderful people who raised me well. Don’t think either of them ever even took a puff of a cigarette and they look down heavily on drugs of any kind. Don’t quit your day job to become a psychic anytime soon. If you even have a day job.
I simply do not want to live with my parents because I think becoming an independent adult is one of the best and most inspiring things in life.
Obviously you have some deeply rooted issues with the fact that you mooched off mommy for so long.
Go take it up with your therapist, instead of an anonymous blog about real estate, please.