[jacquesm]

> enjoy the growing support of people they were generous with or loyal to while they were younger

Lucky them. This isn't the rule though. The rule is that they will be paying it forward to the next younger generation, not to pay it back to the one before.

[swatcoder]

It’s cultural.

But even among deeply Americanized families we’re already seeing a return to multi-generational households as independent living becomes harder for everyone. As that takes hold, you don’t see a lot of families throwing the old fella to the street just because he can’t pay an equal share of the rent anymore. Everybody’s just making it work together.

So we’ll see.