[IloveHN84]

I fail to understand why every article about millennials is biased with the American college system. Student loans are something not existing in Europe. And American salaries (at least in IT) are 3x-4x higher than here.

As millennial myself, the big struggle for us is the expensive housing market (you cannot but anymore a house in a city without a loan, compared to GenX and baby boomers), the expensive car market (a medium car, say a VW Golf or similar, reaches quickly over 25.000 €), the incredibly low wages (Youngs are earning nothing-to-800€ max)

[hellisothers]

Where you live is there an expectation that you could have bought a house without a loan? In the US buying a home without a loan is virtually unheard of (outside of wealthy parents giving cash)

[wil421]

In the US baby boomers and GenX were not buying houses without loans. Maybe it was different in Europe.

Not everyone in the US needs student loans. My state has a 100% tuition scholarship that is funded by the lottery. You have to stay in state unless the degree isn’t offered in the state.

A lot of people I know with the highest loans made the most short sighted and insane decisions. I can give a few examples.

[ryanmercer]

>I fail to understand why every article about millennials is biased with the American college system

American writer, American website, discussing future American recession? For that matter, I've NEVER heard anyone use 'Millennial' 'Gen X' or "Baby Boomer' to describe a non-American.

[SamBam]

Your last points were exactly what the article was about. Student loans are mentioned in exactly three sentences in the entire article. Did you read it with a bias towards expecting that to be the focus?

It seems like the pressures millennials face are fairly similar in the US and Europe, at least.

[Nasrudith]

I don't think it is biased so much as targetted to the US. It kind of has to be that way because otherwise its overall relevance deteriorates if say it lists rising private health insurance costs, reeducation camps for being involved with the illegal capitalism because it combines US millenials and North Korean millenials.