Gen Z is choosing not to drive
Gen Z is choosing not to drive
Less Gen Z Americans own a driver's license than previous generations, according to consulting firm McKinsey.
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Genz can't afford a car. Even used cars cost too damn much
212 1 ReplySame shit as when Millennials were killing home ownership.
93 5 ReplyAnd not buying diamonds.
55 1 ReplyThough I admit, part of the reason I don't buy diamonds is specifically to fuck the diamond industry. Because fuck those scammers.
47 1 ReplyMaybe they’d have money for cars and homes and diamonds if it weren’t for all that damn avocado toast!
29 0 ReplyYeah, but then the headlines would be blaming millennials for killing the avocado market.
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Is applebees dead yet or do we have to continue the war on "family restaurants"?
8 0 ReplyYou must tip your microwave at home. Like the one at applebees, a microwave is a slave of the service industry that relies on panhandling your dinner table to survive.
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And eating at casual dining restaurants.
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AFAIK similar articles (about driving less) were also penned about millennials and genxers.
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yea. it's not entirely by choice.
33 0 ReplyMillenials can't afford cars...
13 0 ReplyThat's the real issue. It is 100% not that they're more environmentally cautious. Between less 16 year olds having jobs and cars and gas and insurance being so much more, less can afford a car. E bikes probably even have more to do with it than environmentalism does.
7 0 ReplyThe Internet replacing the need to go places (e.g. chatting on social media vs. hanging out in a dead mall) probably helped too.
3 0 ReplyYou also have ride hail services that weren't available a generation ago. You can get places in a car without owning a car.
2 0 ReplyTrue enough. Cruisin, video gaming on split screen, and malls got replaced by social media and online gaming with voicechat.
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Lucky to get a hand-me-down as well.
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