Trigger warning: Liberal dreadlocked poli sci snowflake upset that NJ cost of living is so high she still has to share a bedroom with her teenage sisters.
Basically what I got from this article. Read it here: http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/06/new_jersey_millennials_struggling_with_costs_of_li.html#incart_river_home
You know me- I had some things to say...
Article: With $25,000 in student loans, her hopes of a settling down in a place of her own in New Jersey with her longtime boyfriend quickly evaporated. (Her student loan payments are currently deferred because of her low salary.)
She only had $25,000 in student loan debt? Where did she get the other $75,000 that I'm still paying off? My total student loans were $102,000 when I graduated. I moved home for one month before securing a job in FL. I moved to FL for 6 months until the cost of living became too much under my student loan debt. I moved back to NJ to try to live with my parents. It lasted MAYBE a year. Citing irreconcilable differences, I was forced to move out on my own. Imagine having NO CHOICE but to set out into the world. Imagine that.
What these kinds of millennials don't understand is that they need to be tougher. THEY NEED TO WORK HARDER. THEY NEED TO STOP WHINING.
Apparently, I AM a millennial, but somehow I never cry about any of these things. I take it all in stride. I worked 3 jobs since graduating and just managed to (8 years later) relax into one full-time job and one part-time job. I am still in NJ.
Most of the article makes it seem that NJ is the problem. NJ is too expensive. NJ doesn't have enough high paying entry level jobs. NJ stifles its young adults.
Article: According to Census data, 47 percent of 18-to-34-year-olds in New Jersey were still living with their parents in 2015, the highest rate in the country.
The situation shows little sign of improving, either: Data released earlier this month by the National Low Income Housing Coalition says tenants need to make $27.31 an hour, the seventh highest in the country, to afford the average two-bedroom apartment in New Jersey. That makes it virtually impossible for someone making an entry-level salary to afford his or her own place, at least not without teaming up with multiple roommates and/or forgoing other necessities.
This is all mentality issue. You can tell that since she didn't unpack for over a year, she had no motivation to make her own situation any better. ALSO- There is affordable housing farther away from hot areas like Edgewater. Edgewater is SUPER expensive. Passaic or Paterson or Clifton are not so much. Thrifty people with good mindsets know that maybe you have to travel a little to find affordable housing. My two-bedroom apartment rented for $1100 and my commute was half an hour. My boyfriend commuted for an hour to the very same apartment. We made it work. We didn't complain. Apparently, even her long time boyfriend isn't making good financial choices if the two of them can't afford even an ONE BEDROOM apartment. I don't understand why the article focused on a 2 bedroom apartment. It's one single person or one couple, two bedrooms are not necessary. Learn to do without a little until you make more money.
Article: She did not, however, secure any internships -- the cost of college made it impossible to accept wage-free positions during her summers. That, she said, set her back when it came time to compete for entry-level positions.
That is the only thing that set her back. Not spending all the money she was making while she was in college. Not only wanting to work one job upon graduation to make ends meet. Not getting a degree in POLITICAL SCIENCE - which teaches no usable life skills and has very limited job opportunities without further higher education. Internships come in all shapes and sizes. Not all of them are unpaid. I couldn't graduate without doing at least one internship... it was part of our senior seminar class that we had to prove we had done one or fit one into the last year. Every senior had to prove they were ready to find a job and become a viable member of society.
It's just ridiculous because the article aims to make us feel bad and point the blame. Personal decisions which led to this lifestyle and conundrum are not to be taken into account. It's NJs fault that she lives in the same bedroom as her teenage sisters in pricey Edgewater and has decided to leave this stuffy state for a more "open" one. It's NJs fault her poli sci degree doesn't land her $27/hour right out of college, with no related work experience and no internship to pad her resume. It's NJs fault that she and her longtime boyfriend can't afford to move in together. It's probably NJ's fault she doesn't look employable. Would you hire this dreadlocked 23-year old and pay her $27/hour?
Some millennials just love the blame game. They also love the whine-and-chill game.
Basically what I got from this article. Read it here: http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/06/new_jersey_millennials_struggling_with_costs_of_li.html#incart_river_home
You know me- I had some things to say...
Article: With $25,000 in student loans, her hopes of a settling down in a place of her own in New Jersey with her longtime boyfriend quickly evaporated. (Her student loan payments are currently deferred because of her low salary.)
She only had $25,000 in student loan debt? Where did she get the other $75,000 that I'm still paying off? My total student loans were $102,000 when I graduated. I moved home for one month before securing a job in FL. I moved to FL for 6 months until the cost of living became too much under my student loan debt. I moved back to NJ to try to live with my parents. It lasted MAYBE a year. Citing irreconcilable differences, I was forced to move out on my own. Imagine having NO CHOICE but to set out into the world. Imagine that.
What these kinds of millennials don't understand is that they need to be tougher. THEY NEED TO WORK HARDER. THEY NEED TO STOP WHINING.
Apparently, I AM a millennial, but somehow I never cry about any of these things. I take it all in stride. I worked 3 jobs since graduating and just managed to (8 years later) relax into one full-time job and one part-time job. I am still in NJ.
Most of the article makes it seem that NJ is the problem. NJ is too expensive. NJ doesn't have enough high paying entry level jobs. NJ stifles its young adults.
Article: According to Census data, 47 percent of 18-to-34-year-olds in New Jersey were still living with their parents in 2015, the highest rate in the country.
The situation shows little sign of improving, either: Data released earlier this month by the National Low Income Housing Coalition says tenants need to make $27.31 an hour, the seventh highest in the country, to afford the average two-bedroom apartment in New Jersey. That makes it virtually impossible for someone making an entry-level salary to afford his or her own place, at least not without teaming up with multiple roommates and/or forgoing other necessities.
This is all mentality issue. You can tell that since she didn't unpack for over a year, she had no motivation to make her own situation any better. ALSO- There is affordable housing farther away from hot areas like Edgewater. Edgewater is SUPER expensive. Passaic or Paterson or Clifton are not so much. Thrifty people with good mindsets know that maybe you have to travel a little to find affordable housing. My two-bedroom apartment rented for $1100 and my commute was half an hour. My boyfriend commuted for an hour to the very same apartment. We made it work. We didn't complain. Apparently, even her long time boyfriend isn't making good financial choices if the two of them can't afford even an ONE BEDROOM apartment. I don't understand why the article focused on a 2 bedroom apartment. It's one single person or one couple, two bedrooms are not necessary. Learn to do without a little until you make more money.
Article: She did not, however, secure any internships -- the cost of college made it impossible to accept wage-free positions during her summers. That, she said, set her back when it came time to compete for entry-level positions.
That is the only thing that set her back. Not spending all the money she was making while she was in college. Not only wanting to work one job upon graduation to make ends meet. Not getting a degree in POLITICAL SCIENCE - which teaches no usable life skills and has very limited job opportunities without further higher education. Internships come in all shapes and sizes. Not all of them are unpaid. I couldn't graduate without doing at least one internship... it was part of our senior seminar class that we had to prove we had done one or fit one into the last year. Every senior had to prove they were ready to find a job and become a viable member of society.
It's just ridiculous because the article aims to make us feel bad and point the blame. Personal decisions which led to this lifestyle and conundrum are not to be taken into account. It's NJs fault that she lives in the same bedroom as her teenage sisters in pricey Edgewater and has decided to leave this stuffy state for a more "open" one. It's NJs fault her poli sci degree doesn't land her $27/hour right out of college, with no related work experience and no internship to pad her resume. It's NJs fault that she and her longtime boyfriend can't afford to move in together. It's probably NJ's fault she doesn't look employable. Would you hire this dreadlocked 23-year old and pay her $27/hour?
Some millennials just love the blame game. They also love the whine-and-chill game.
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