WWW.AGRM.ORG MAY/JUNE 2018 51 NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S GENERATION Pew Research has found several distinct ways that Millennials are different from the Silent Generation, which is the right age to be grandparents to many Millennials. 1Today’s young adults (Millennials ages 22 to 37) are much better educated than the Silent Generation. 2A greater share of Millennial women have a bachelor’s degree than their male counterparts—a reversal from the Silent Generation. 3Young women today are much more likely to be working, compared to Silent Generation women during their young adult years. 4Millennials are more than three times as likely to have never married as Silents were when they were young. 5Millennials are much more likely to be racial or ethnic minorities than were members of the Silent Generation. 6Young Silent men were 10 times more likely to be veterans than Millennial men are today. 7More Millennials today live in metropolitan areas than Silents did when they were young. MORE PEOPLE FORCED TO THE STREET U.S. News and World Report says that according to the annual Point in Time count, the nation’s homeless population increased this year for the first time since 2010. The increase came from a surge in the number of people living on the streets in Los Angeles and other West Coast cities. And everyone—from city officials and homeless advo- cates to those living on the streets—seems to agree that the main culprit is the region’s booming economy, which puts rent out of reach for many. The number of unsheltered people is up by more than 9 percent compared to two years ago. The dramatic change in numbers has prompted at least 10 city and county governments to declare states of emergency since 2015.