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The adult residents of walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods over the next 25 years have already been born. By 2042, the oldest Boomers will be 96; Gen Xers, 77; Millennials 65; Gen Zed, 45; and the Alpha Generation, 25. What opportunities and challenges to urbanism are presented by the current make-up of American households, and what, if anything, can we forecast about long-term household behaviors affecting urban settlement patterns.
The adult residents of walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods over the next 25 years have already been born. By 2042, the oldest Boomers will be 96; Gen Xers, 77; Millennials 65; Gen Zed, 45; and the Alpha Generation, 25. What opportunities and challenges to urbanism are presented by the current make-up of American households, and what, if anything, can we forecast about long-term household behaviors affecting urban settlement patterns.
