A third of young adults between the ages of 25 and 35 – 25.2 million people – were living with their parents in 2025. Of those, 70% had jobs, and many held college degrees, highlighting that the increase in at-home living stems from high housing costs rather than labor market conditions.
The overlap of people who have the conviction and experience of fighting from the tree line at 3AM and the people that share this sentiment contains very little overlap.
I wouldn’t be so confident in inevitable.