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How Close You Live To Your Mom Depends On Two Crucial Factors
When you were younger did you use to stare out your window thinking, "Ugh, I can't wait to grow up and get out the hell out of this town?" If you did, how far did your daydream take you? Did you imagine making a move across the country? To another state? Another country?
Turns outs, you might not have made it that far. According to a recent study, the typical American lives only 18 miles from their mom.
According to a recent article in The New York Times, depending how close (or far) you live from your parents depends on your income as well as where you grew up.
The data reveal a country of close-knit families, with members of multiple generations leaning on one another for financial and practical support. The trend will continue, social scientists say, as baby boomers need more care in old age, and the growing number of two-income families seek help with child care.The United States offers less government help for caregiving than many other rich countries. Instead, extended families are providing it, whether they never moved apart, or moved back closer when the need arose.
The biggest contributor to people's proximity to their parents is based on their education and income. Wealthier people can afford to pay for childcare services and therefore are more likely to move away. Most times, the move is based on a professional opportunity.
However, geography also plays an important factor.
Families live closest in the Northeast and the South, and farthest apart on the West Coast and in the Mountain States. Part of the reason is probably cultural — Western families have historically been the least rooted — but a large part is geographical: People live farther apart in rural areas.
So which are you?
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