[deMolay]

How many are experiencing this due to the economic crisis? This story reminds me of family stories from the 1930's Depression. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123905105150794313.html

[patience]

Lots of that around here, with many jobless in Indiana. Elkhart,IN is the 4th worst city for unemployment in the US, and although we are all the way at the other end of the state, it's bad here, too. Lots of kids moving in with family.

Our family is okay at this point, but we could end up with my mother in law if Medicre/Medicaid fails. The younger daughter who lives in housing hell, San Diego, CA, has income from an annuity in a bank that they can't do anything about. It's the result of an insurance award for disabling injuries. That could go bad at any moment, so we are prepping for it.

[deMolay]

We just had an elder relative arrive. Has had several strokes and needs help.

[gnm]

Brother in law is being driven out of his house by oppressive taxes in NYC, SSN and pensions insecure for the grandparents... We are prepping for all with what little we can muster...

But at least all of them have useful crash skills!

-G

[JJ]

Our store director here at our local HEB grocery in Burnet, Tx is from Nebraska. He said the other day that his parents are moving in with him because they can't make it in Nebraska anymore. He said he saw a lot of this coming up.

[Sixstrings]

Pic from the article:

So this is the American Dream then, I take it?

[Jotapay]

I've been trying to get my family yo plan for this eventuality since last year. Some of them are starting to wake up to that fact, but it's taken a while. No one has had to move in with anyone yet.

[mos6507]

Pic from the article:

So this is the American Dream then, I take it?

Better than these people sucking up resources in row after row of leaky plywood McMansions. I mean, how credible is it for americans to shift from rugged individualism to the power of community? For families to start to cluster together is the first step in people powering down and learning to rely on eachother again. They aren't doing it for the expressed purpose of reducing their environmental footprint or anything, but if they are closer to living the way they have to be when TSHTF, all the better.

[AgentR]

Honestly those guys don't look like they are starving or anything.

[Cloud9]

Actually that old boy is living the American Dream. His young wife is happy. His little boy is happy. There are wind chimes hanging off the front porch. There is a john boat and a 4x4 parked out back. There is a two seventy in the gun rack along with a Shakespeare reel. There is fish in the freezer and venison in the fridge. There is a little tiny church down the road and a circle of friends you would not believe. They both have jobs and they both have each other. What else do you need?

[the48thronin]

There is fish in the freezer and venison in the fridge. There is a little tiny church down the road and a circle of friends you would not believe. They both have jobs and they both have each other. What else do you need?

Shade in case the power goes off.... Good response tho.

[Dreamtwister]

Actually that old boy is living the American Dream. His young wife is happy. His little boy is happy. There are wind chimes hanging off the front porch. There is a john boat and a 4x4 parked out back. There is a two seventy in the gun rack along with a Shakespeare reel. There is fish in the freezer and venison in the fridge. There is a little tiny church down the road and a circle of friends you would not believe. They both have jobs and they both have each other. What else do you need?

+1

This is as it should be. I didn't really get it in my 20's, since I (like many others) was indoctrinated by the system to believe I didn't need anyone.

Now that I'm older, I understand. Someone has to watch your back while you sleep. If you can't trust and rely on your family to do it, you're screwed.