Millennials Are Thinking About Their Future - And It Might Be In Suburbia

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What millennials see in their future shouldn't be all that surprising.

Millennials may be creating the "experience economy" and changing the traditional workplace, but on most measures, they aren't all that different from the generations before them.

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Nonprofit think tank The Demand Institute surveyed 1,000 millennial households to find out what, exactly, they expect for their futures. The findings aren't revolutionary - in fact, the plans millennials hold fall right in line with their parents' and grandparents' perceptions of what it means to live the American Dream.

Here, we've republished the Institute's findings with its permission, in nine slides that shed light on everything from how millennials are feeling about the next five years to how much they're spending on rent.