Late Gen X here.
If these feelings are widespread amongst Gen Y, that actually makes me optimistic for the future. Thanks for writing it up.
If these feelings are widespread amongst Gen Y, that actually makes me optimistic for the future. Thanks for writing it up.
Full disclosure: I wouldn't mind an '83 cutty, however.
Edit: Gen Y here (24). I also agree with most of sentiments that OP has.
This last election has been demoralizing as fuck though. I stayed up to date on all the news and policies. I tried to talk around people I knew who were voting Liberal. I had 0 effect. Next time around I may just not bother.
And the mainstream news is a pile of shit but that's a much longer rant.
The situation is, short version, 10x worse than any point made by OP. The only exception would be the sprawl: there is some here, but not the madness I have seen over there in the USA. Still public transportation even in the best case is a complete disaster so there's that.
Owning a car is a luxury, and owning real estate basically impossible for any Y Gen without wealthy parents or some previous financial advantage. Credit is a joke and don't even dream you will be able to save enough for even a studio apartment. Square meter prices dwarf any but the highest paychecks.
Anyway, whatever: http://gizmodo.com/5851062/generation-x-is-sick-of-your-bull...