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I gotta partially disagree with you on this one, Rob. I feel ya on the mooching, however not everybody is. For example, my parents want me to move back home. They'd rather me live at home than 1000 miles away. Ever since my bro and I left they've had pretty bad "empty nest" syndrome.
I'd rather live at home for now as well. Paying rent for an apartment is simply a waste of money. You get less for more and build no equity. I'd like to be able to live at home and save money for a fat down payment on a house, something my parents would also like me to be able to do. But paying $845/month rent plus bills, etc etc etc it's kinda hard to save up the cash to buy a house.
I've got a couple of friends who have full-time jobs similar to mine, have been working a couple of years and have lived at home their whole lives. They're both 25 and both went to school locally (UT). They're just saving the bucks to buy houses in the next year or two. I don't think it's mooching for them either, similar to me they have pretty tight families.
Of course it's also not mooching when you buy food, help with housework, cook, and help provide some home improvements for the parental units.
At least that's my $.02.
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