There are many explanations: isolation among the elderly, rising rents almost anywhere near a coastal city, average life-expectancy increasing, an aging population, decreased birth rate, rising college tuition… While this seems less common in countries like Italy, it is a huge problem in the United States.
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Young Adults Renting Next Door to Retirees | Definition Match
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FOLKS – SURVIVAL – AGREED – TREND – POISONOUS – RISE – ARRANGEMENT – ELDERLY – RETIREMENT – INTERGENERATIONAL – COASTAL
- America’s latest housing (trend) is not about décor or “open concepts.” It’s about the (rise) of (intergenerational)—separated by at least one generation—roommates. There are many explanations: isolation among the (elderly), rising rents almost anywhere near a (coastal) city, average life-expectancy increasing, an aging population, decreased birth rate, rising college tuition… The fact is that older (folks) have space available, and tend to be happier with a young person around. In one case, an opera singer and other musicians lived rent-free in a (retirement) community. How? They (agreed) to perform concerts for the residents occasionally. Biologically, this type of living (arrangement) is kind of humanity’s natural state. While almost all animals rapidly die off after they become too old to procreate, humans are capable of living decades beyond infertility. Scholars think this is because our intelligence and life experiences, imparted into the next generation, act as another way to guarantee our genetics are transferred. For example, if you can live long enough to explain to your children and grandchildren which mushrooms they can eat, which snakes are (poisonous), etc., those people will have a better chance of (survival) than a family who lost their parents early on.
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Young Adults Renting Next Door to Retirees | True or False
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America’s latest housing trend is not about décor or “open concepts.” It’s about the rise of intergenerational—separated by at least one generation—roommates.
There are many explanations: isolation among the elderly, rising rents almost anywhere near a coastal city, average life-expectancy increasing, an aging population, decreased birth rate, rising college tuition… The fact is that older folks have space available, and tend to be happier with a young person around.
In one case, an opera singer and other musicians lived rent-free in a retirement community. How? They agreed to perform concerts for the residents occasionally.
Biologically, this type of living arrangement is kind of humanity’s natural state.
While almost all animals rapidly die off after they become too old to procreate, humans are capable of living decades beyond infertility.
Scholars think this is because our intelligence and life experiences, imparted into the next generation, act as another way to guarantee our genetics are transferred. For example, if you can live long enough to explain to your children and grandchildren which mushrooms they can eat, which snakes are poisonous, etc., those people will have a better chance of survival than a family who lost their parents early on.