"ares" wrote:


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One way seems to be three generation households, where two of the
generations
are paying towards expenses.


Tell me, is this common or only for certain cultures (which)? I don't hear
very much about this but I'd imagine it sure would help people in general to
handle living expenses since shelter is usually one of our biggest expenses,
and I wonder why more people don't do this.
ares

We have some close Mexican neighbors doing this, and in Miami there are a fair
number of situations that are similar. I'll have to say a lot of
inter-generational house sharing that I see is Hispanic, but I only use the
generic term because I still have difficulty separating out the various
Nicaraguan, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Columbian, Argentinean, and other
sub-cultures. The practice is more commonplace in situations where housing is
expensive compared to income. Mother-in-law apartments used to be somewhat
common where I grew up in Vermont, and farm families were typically three
generations to a house. Today, the McMansions often have a working son or
daughter resident, supposedly saving up to buy their own house. For people who
are blessed with close comfortable family ties, it is a great idea.