especially with youth, so the next generation can be normalized to the idea of going small (Tang, Dong). That being said, I took a survey of 20 college age kids and asked them a few questions related to success. College kids today burdened with massive amounts of student loans and high interest rates should be looking towards alternative housing to be able to own something without taking out another large loan. This will help them financially and the environment by lessening the impact.
As climate change will begin to slowly alter our environment and planet, we will need to find a way to adapt to it, and finding alternatives to housing is a big part of that solution, living in places that are not traditional in today's terms, but hopefully when time goes on that will change. This change can be done with the next generation of college students who in the next 5 to 10 years will be looking for a place to call their own and are not willing to take out large loans for a not-so-necessary large house. This will help with the impact of the environment without them even knowing it. To lessen the environmental impact of housing development, we should look into alternatives to housing. With these new ideas and changes there is a way we can live alternatively and save money while also saving the planet.
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