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The Millennial Dilemma is a seminal study exploring the future of North American cities by forecasting where the Millennial generation will live and why.
Millennials have proven themselves to be a resilient generation, struggling to make the best choices for themselves and their families within the constraints forced upon them. In the wake of COVID-19, they are being tested like never before.‘The Millennial Dilemma’ aims to decode some of these choices into their constituent variables so that readers of this report – public officials, policymakers, private actors, housing advocates, real estate professionals, entrepreneurs, and millennials themselves – might imagine a different America, one more responsive to their needs.
We summarize current trends, explode myths about lifestyle preferences, and explore opportunities for policymakers to address severe deficits in housing, childcare, and transportation.With the millennial generation representing 75 million people in the US alone, what impact could this trend have on the future of cities?
Led by NewCities Director of Applied Research, Greg Lindsay, the report explores trends in five focus cities – Columbus, OH, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Nashville, and Washington, D.C. – various market-driven responses, and policy recommendations for the next American administration.
Click here to download the report, or watch the Executive Summary above.
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Greg Lindsay is a generalist, urbanist, futurist, and speaker. He is a non-resident senior fellow of the Arizona State University Threatcasting Lab, a non-resident senior fellow of MIT’s Future Urban Collectives Lab, and a non-resident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Strategy Initiative. He was the founding chief communications officer of Climate Alpha and remains a senior advisor. Previously, he was an urban tech fellow at Cornell Tech’s Jacobs Institute, where he explored the implications of AI and augmented reality at urban scale.
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