>>44223915>At this point an average family can't live off of one salary in most places in America.The cost of living has only really gone up because the age of marriage keeps going up. It's self perpetuating.
More people single for longer means that you need duplicates of everything in the economy where fixed cost exists.
A couple of 2 people only needs one microwave, one refrigerator, one washer, one drier, one water heater, while 2 lonely individuals living separately have double the fixed expenses.
This applies extra to housing in suburbs where there are required fixed costs like driveways and road offsets, ordinances against duplexes, etc.
