Originally Posted by White Face U live in an apartment tho thats for poor ppl[pic] Dont nobody wanna live in the ghetto

Comming from you [pic]

Originally Posted by White Face I aintneve movin out f my dads basement they goin have to burry me down here, and the sad part is i could afford to leave[pic] I aint gott buy ne food, pay no bills or wash my clothes this the life[pic]

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!!ing bum

















jk

I had to be on my own out of circumstance. I lived with roommates and !! during college then moved back home. But when the fam decided to move to Oakland...I was like, nah Im gonna stay in LA. I have no roommates. Live alone. Love it. Only thing is I know I could save money living at home.

It is hard out here. I know people with master degrees and great experience still looking for work. then i know those that are on the verge of losing their jobs to BS.

i hope yall get out the hole though. its not always about laziness or "man up". !! happens. luckily, im doing my thing but others aren't as lucky.

Originally Posted by White Face I aintneve movin out f my dads basement they goin have to burry me down here, and the sad part is i could afford to leave[pic] I aint gott buy ne food, pay no bills or wash my clothes this the life[pic]

They wrote an article about you specifically. [pic] [pic] [pic]

Originally Posted by White Face But I'm living better than you are. dont matter who providing for me, you still living with other ppl in a small[..] apartment. My basement is bigger than your apartment. I got my own full bathroom, 2 rooms down here, a sitting room and access to my own swimming pool and basketball court. plus this !! is fully furnished with and my step mom cleans up every day im living the !!ing life you !! made nicca[pic]

You sir are a hater.

Get it how you live

This thread is kinda making me sad. I'm 18 right now so I'm younger than most of you but right now I'm in community college (and thank God I won't be in any debt once I get my[..]ociates degree) but after that I plan on getting a Bachelors so i'll only be living with my mom for one more year but then after that WTF am I gonna do? It sounds scary, the adult world. The real world out there. Gonna really have to struggle just to survive. Damn. I dunno just wher i'll move when I'm done with college but I know I can't do this New Jersey/New York thing for the rest of my life. The cost of living here is just too damn high [pic] Cost of living is much cheaper down south but I ain't about that southern lifestyle. I'm a city person. >_> I can walk to the store in five minutes, down south you gotta drive half an hour just to go grocery shopping [pic]

Originally Posted by TiestoFriendly This thread is kinda making me sad. I'm 18 right now so I'm younger than most of you but right now I'm in community college (and thank God I won't be in any debt once I get my[..]ociates degree) but after that I plan on getting a Bachelors so i'll only be living with my mom for one more year but then after that WTF am I gonna do? It sounds scary, the adult world. The real world out there. Gonna really have to struggle just to survive. Damn. I dunno just wher i'll move when I'm done with college but I know I can't do this New Jersey/New York thing for the rest of my life. The cost of living here is just too damn high [pic] Cost of living is much cheaper down south but I ain't about that southern lifestyle. I'm a city person. >_> I can walk to the store in five minutes, down south you gotta drive half an hour just to go grocery shopping [pic]

Go to Portland or maybe Seattle.


You also have.....the rest of the world to live in too

22 still live with my fam [pic] I don't think I would want to be gone even if I was rich. My family gets along great, nobody crowds anyone's space. No fighting. !! is chill is !!. My brother is my best friend, we talk basketball and music all day. I wouldn't have it any other way.

lots of kids are coming back home after college also, the job market is a large reason.

!! that Raleigh gets it in number 99 huh dosnt seem like it but none of my g really lives with there dukes and or peoples anymore mfs down here kick that[..] out at 18 plus u can get a apt in the hood for 650 water and elecrtic included for a two bedroom that wat i pay [pic]

I remember I could hardly wait to move out now I'm in this apt and want to move back to moms had it so good over there. [pic]

!! that tho fin to cop this house

Originally Posted by TiestoFriendly This thread is kinda making me sad. I'm 18 right now so I'm younger than most of you but right now I'm in community college (and thank God I won't be in any debt once I get my[..]ociates degree) but after that I plan on getting a Bachelors so i'll only be living with my mom for one more year but then after that WTF am I gonna do? It sounds scary, the adult world. The real world out there. Gonna really have to struggle just to survive. Damn. I dunno just wher i'll move when I'm done with college but I know I can't do this New Jersey/New York thing for the rest of my life. The cost of living here is just too damn high [pic] Cost of living is much cheaper down south but I ain't about that southern lifestyle. I'm a city person. >_> I can walk to the store in five minutes, down south you gotta drive half an hour just to go grocery shopping [pic]

u describing the country tho, there are cities in those same states where u can find corner stores and groceries stores just as close.

save yall money

wish i stayed with my parents.. that is until I bring a !! home and then I'm thankful I moved out [pic]

Originally Posted by phantomnation [pic] Whether in their 20s or 30s, black or white, in the West or Northeast, adult kids find there's no place like home when their finances are in a tailspin or their relationships in shambles. The number of young adults ages 20 to 34 who lived with their parents jumped from 17% in 1980 to 24% in 2007-09 — the Great Recession— according to a detailed analysis out today. The rise was sharpest among those under 25 — a new high of 43% vs. 32% in 1980 — but it increased largely across the board. Even among 30- to 34-year-olds, nearly one in 10 lived with parents. "This 'Great Recession' has had tremendous effects that previous smaller recessions did not," says Zhenchao Qian, a sociology professor at Ohio State University and the author of the report for the US2010 Project, which studies trends in American society. "The surprise mostly is that it's increasing for every group." The only segment not affected: young adults with graduate degrees. The share living with parents has stayed at 8% since 1980. The number of kids never moving out or coming back after college or divorce had declined in the 1990s but increased faster during the last recession, which hit young adults the hardest. Unemployment among young workers has hovered above 12%. Financial insecurity, coupled with massive student loan debt, has exacerbated another trend that might encourage some to live with their parents: delaying marriage and postponing having children. The biggest impact has been on lower-income groups and the less educated. In 1980, 18% of young adults living with parents had a high school education. In 2007-09, it had jumped to 29%. "Sometimes young people live at home for practical reasons," says Sally Koslow, author of Slouching Toward Adulthood: Observations From the Not-So-Empty Nest. "Sometimes it's for the lifestyle. They don't have to pay and have access to a full refrigerator." Qian's research found: •Metropolitan areas with a higher share of residents who are low-income, unmarried or young minorities have high rates of adult children at home. The Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn., region had the highest share of the 100 largest metros, at 34%. "This is a case of families adapting to difficult circumstances," says Paul Taylor, director of the Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends project. "Family is the ultimate social safety net." High-cost areas such as New York (30%) and Los Angeles (28%), where doubling up can save money, also rank high on the list. •Men are much more likely to live with parents than women, partly because they marry later. "It's not the only reason," Qian says. "Compared with daughters, sons have fewer domestic responsibilities — such as cleaning and cooking — when they live home with parents." •Non-Hispanic whites had the lowest percentage living with parents. Asians had the biggest jump (from 17% in 1980 to 26% in 2007-09). Qian attributes that to later marriages among Asians, cultural traditions and a greater likelihood to live in expensive regions. Hispanics' rates were lower (24%), largely because many parents of immigrants do not live in the USA. Blacks (27%) and Native Americans (30%) had the highest. Koslow says it has become far more socially acceptable for adult children to live at home for long periods of time. She was recently asked to write a piece for Cosmopolitan: tips for women who date men who still live at home. "I don't think young people feel any embarrassment or stigma," Koslow says. Percent of young adults aged 25-29 living with parents, 2007-2009: Highest 1. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn. (34%) 2. Honolulu (32%) 3. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas (31%) 4. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach (31%) 5. New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island (30%) 6. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, Calif. (28%) 7. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana (28%) 8. El Paso, Texas (28%) 9. Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (27%) 10. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (26%) Lowest 100. Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa (8%) 99. Raleigh-Cary, N.C. (9%) 98. Boise-Nampa, Ida. (9%) 97. Austin-Round Rock, Texas (10%) 96. Madison, Wis. (10%) 95. Columbus, Ohio (11%) 94. Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa (12%) 93. Oklahoma City (12%) 92. Colorado Springs (12%) 91. Provo-Orem, Utah (12%) Source: [pic]

Im from the OX...its !!in ridiculous out here. Cant believe we're that high on the list...damn shame

Originally Posted by BlkHoodie88 [pic] I Hear a lot of Excuses in this mutha phucka. If you mid 20's & still living with Moms time 2 man the phuck up simple as that. I'm 24 with a full time job, my cars paid off, got 2 bedroom apt (shared with co-worker) & come home to a well cooked meal from my lady. So save the" its hard out here because it can be done!" Srry I had 2 vent bx a nicca got kicked out @ 19 I haven't looked back since.......

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I expected a post or three like this in this thread. Explain how people are supposed to' man the phuck up simple as that' if jobs are as hard to come by as they are? Like a few people have said, they're living at home because they have to (And, unlike your parent(s), they're apparently welcome to), not because they want to/are lazy/won't 'man the phuck up.' Hell, for all we know, you could've lucked out and got a good job and/or live in an area with more jobs than 'usual' [pic]

!! this article..and !! the op...its hard out here for us young niccas mane

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!! really is hard out here & Sallie & JP Morgan are the biggest Legit pimps ever. I don't stay with moms but I can understand how it is 100%. I don't look down on anybody cause at one time, I was out here looking for a job heavy. knocking on every door who was hiring but Interview after interview after interview, I didn't get the job. One point I thought I was doing or saying something wrong but I found out why...Like some ppl said, They have ppl with masters & Bachelors still looking for job or settled for a job that's not in their field for less pay. !! is no joke & everybody not fortunate as some.

This a good topic and I feel like this if your over 18 attending college/work I have respect for you.
Some people are not as lucky as others finding job opportunities. However, if you are staying with family its rules.

If your[..] older than 21 got baby(ies) you need to man up consider getting your own !! and stop trying to project yourself to be image you cant afford.

If you work/small business/school you are a man. I do my dirt far away from home because at my age its disrespectful to use hotel grandma like that. My folks are nice they feel as long as I am trying or making some progress towards a goal they will not see me struggle. Just finish school, find a job, work on small business.

at my age I see alot of folks have failed young marriages, unhappy with children, and job. The early mid 20s crowd.

I trust nobody older than 21 because people have tendency to lie about they life living from reality.
I had a couple pregnancy scares. Tried to rush out of high school, and start my own music business thinking I would make it big time. I feel like I never really learned !! in high school, and college has delayed my adulthood. I see college as an investment into an idea, and if my plan works it can lead to financial freedom, world travel, and entrepreneurship. The reality is its tough out there when MBA/JD/PHDs have are doing !! out the abnormal to survive.


We just bailed out JP morgan, goldman sachs, and wall street but so many people from humble backgrounds doing bad.