You lot all spent your twenties railing against the outdated and unsustainable lifestyles of our parents but now as soon as you sign a pre-nup suddenly you want to go and do the exact same fucking thing.

Leftists are not immune to boomer brainworms I guess. :deeper-sadness:

  • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    It's literally the path of least resistance materially. It would be weirder if they didn't end up doing it.

    • BatCountryMusicFan [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It's the "in the suburbs" that's the biggest thing here. It'd be different if they were thinking of like buying a two flat with another couple, but we're talking 80's movie suburban houses with like three floors and as many bathrooms for two people and an infant.

        • BatCountryMusicFan [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Before WW2 and before private homeownership got big, it was really common in US cities for whole extended families, even whole communities, to live in the same apartment building. One person would be the de jure landlord but everyone would be a de facto part-owner of the building. That's how my grandparents grew up. I hope that's something that makes a comeback for millenials, zoomers and their kids.

          • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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            2 years ago

            Yeah let's bring this back.

            Also let's make it a green-roofed apartment building with strawbale insulation and lime plaster, and a couple shared rooms. Plus shared cars.

            Super high density but no worries about parking or noise, more yard space on the roof.

            All we'd have to do is fight the code enforcement people.