What's so particular about being 30 in America?

What Americans aged 25-34 are doing is very different from ours, which may be determined by culture. We can't judge who is right or wrong. But the advantages worth learning need us to learn modestly: don't overemphasize age. At the age of 30, your industry has just started and your career has just begun. I. Family

1.25-34 Americans, 70% have lived independently, but 30% still live with their parents.

Many times we thought that Americans moved out of their parents' homes at the age of 65,438+08 and began to live independently, but in fact, 30% people still live with their parents at the age of 30. Through the communication with local people, it is found that many people live with their parents because they feel the pressure of rent, and parents are afraid that they will not learn well if they live alone with friends when their children are young.

Richard said: I have a friend who is a French-American immigrant in Los Angeles. Every time we make an appointment to have dinner together, she brings her mother, sits next to her mother and participates in our hot chat. There is no generation gap at all. She still lives with her parents. She said that because her sister just got married and went to new york, she was the youngest daughter and had to stay at home ... At that time, I felt that the French immigrants across the street had been in the United States for N generations, but they were very similar to the "China family circle".

2.57% of Americans aged 25-34 are married.

This marriage rate is relatively low. In new york, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities, the marriage rate is even lower than 57%, mainly because of the high cost of living in these cities. Many people choose to continue their studies or pursue career progress at the age of 30, and marriage is not the focus of their lives.

Richard said: Marriage is a legal contract in the eyes of Americans. In fact, it's completely different from the kind that was very much in love before. It is very likely that both men and women (both men and women can) have their own lawyers to notarize the property trust in advance to avoid confusion when disputes are torn up after marriage.

For this way of doing things, it may be difficult for China people to pull their faces down when they draw cards. After all, no one wants to get married while thinking about who to divorce. Americans just take it for granted anyway.

3.47% of Americans aged 25-34 have children, and 33% are not ready to have children at present.

From the data, Americans who have no children at the age of 30 account for the majority. Maybe we shouldn't set a threshold for ourselves, thinking that we must get married and have children before the age of 30. There are many other possibilities in life at the age of 30.

Richard said: A high school girl told me that she lives in a host family in Minnesota. Her American mother is very kind to her and her daughter is not around. She always wondered where the girl went and never came back.

Suddenly one afternoon, my daughter came home. She used to work in Los Angeles. The reason for going home is simple: she was suddenly pregnant, but she didn't want to tell her father about it, so she went home to have a baby herself; Then I went back to work in Los Angeles.

This is in the eyes of domestic parents: 99% zero tolerance!

Second, money.

/kloc-the average annual income of Americans aged 0/year. 25-34 is $39,000.

The occupations with the highest annual salary are 1 1, and the annual income of the occupations with the highest income is 10 times of the average.

2. 75% of Americans aged 25-34 have cars, while only 33% of Americans aged 25-34 buy houses.

The United States is a country on wheels, and cars are a necessity in most parts of the United States, so the proportion of Americans buying cars is quite high, and not having a car is almost equal to "disability."

Only 33% of 30-year-old Americans buy a house. School districts in the United States stipulate that you can go to schools in this area as long as you rent a house in this area, so there is less demand for Americans to buy school districts for their children to go to school. At the same time, buying a house in the United States requires paying property tax every year, which is also a big expense. So for many people, renting a house is more cost-effective.

Richard said: I have a friend, engineering male, who works in Beijing. She is honest and has no playboy, but she has never found a suitable girlfriend. He has always wanted to talk about a stable girlfriend with the aim of getting married; Probably because his parents were in a hurry, they bought him a suite in Tongzhou, Beijing. The down payment is made by the parents, and the mortgage is made by the son himself. A month later, my friends around me were caught off guard. Many female friends said that he was framed by a scheming bitch. But this is a very real problem, especially in the north, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Don't make wild comments. This is a national tradition on which we have lived for thousands of years.

In California, the monthly living expenses of an American family aged 25-34 are $3,500-5,000.

If you share with others, the monthly rent is about 1500 dollars. If a family rents a house, the monthly rent will reach 3000 dollars. Therefore, rent accounts for a heavy proportion in the cost of living.

Richard said: I read a report in the United States that a man in the middle of the United States longed for the fine weather in California, so he gave up a good job and settled in Southern California. But later, he found that the competition for talents was abnormal: in the middle of the United States, most Americans were competing, but in California, almost all elites from all over the world were competing for jobs. If the job is not scarce, the couple will spend 3000 yuan every month.

So many California startups have moved to Texas. Houston is the best example, and the influx of talents has been soaring in recent years. For $300,000, you can live in a super mansion in the rich cowboy country, so big that you may have to hire someone to clean the room.

Third, life

1.25-34 Americans travel abroad 2-3 times a year and once a month in the United States.

Every long weekend is a good opportunity for them in go on road trip. The Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park and other national parks are all good places for domestic tourism. Travel abroad 2-3 times a year, and Asia and Europe are their destinations. Not necessarily a luxury tour. Many people will choose to stay in youth hostels as backpackers to experience the local customs.

Richard said: you have American classmates around you. They don't like to travel, but just stay in the dormitory. They must be fake American classmates. It turns out that my colleagues in Dallas drive all day every weekend. Whether it is rock climbing, mountain climbing or paragliding, it is an outdoor sport high enough to play.

The United States is essentially a nomadic gene, that is, it can't stop running around. RV is almost a necessary travel tool for every family. Because the western development of the United States has ended and the world is almost tangible, it is natural to develop space travel, moon reservation and a trip to Mars. This is the American character, really uncultured: I want to be a scientist when I grow up! But: so many children haven't gone to the wild yet, so we can only study how to get there ~

2. Americans' most popular leisure activities:

Besides baseball, golf, boxing and running, they also like surfing, shooting, rock climbing and paragliding. Of course, watching American TV plays is also a favorite entertainment for many people.

Richard said: Our country is a sports power, but it is far from the first sports power, and there is still a long way to go. This is reflected in the fact that almost all our professional athletes who participated in various international competitions grew up in various provinces and devoted their lives to winning the championship with sports.

However, even if the United States participates in top events such as the Olympic Games, it is all college students. These American players will go back to their universities to continue their studies after the competition. They may be members of your presentation team. They were playing last week and will fly back to defend with you this week. The participation of the whole people, the participation of students, and equal emphasis on culture and sports-this is what we need to learn on the road to becoming a sports power.

3.8% of Americans aged 25-34 are still studying.

The average age of an MBA is 30. When many students study in the United States, they will see American students much older than themselves. For them, returning to school after working for a few years can not only study in a targeted way, but also expand their professional contacts. If you are already working, don't let your age limit your development. As long as you don't set limits on yourself, there are still many possibilities in life

Richard said: Americans' educational concept does not say the rules of "applying this year" and "applying in the past". For Americans, education is lifelong. In many public universities, such as UCB and UCLA, the top universities in the world, citizen re-education is an important part, because industrial transformation will inevitably lead to unemployment, so re-employment cannot be separated from education.

Whether it's taking credits or studying for a degree, or even brushing a certificate for cross-border preparation, there are many choices. The MBA is a springboard that almost every 30-year-old career changer will plan. Never too old to learn, you will see that in the education circle all over the world, only the American university system can provide the entrance to lifelong education, because education is the basis of ensuring the lasting attraction of talents in the United States, and we should learn this with an open mind: talents are always the core of competition.