Comments on: Generation X to replace baby boomers? http://jaybanks.ca/blogroll/2009/08/24/generation-x-to-replace-baby-boomers/ Info on Vancouver condos, lofts, townhomes. Expert Vancouver real estate advice. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:46:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Vancouver BC Real Estatehttp://jaybanks.ca/images/jaybanks-rss-logo.pnghttp://jaybanks.caInfo on Vancouver condos, lofts, townhomes. Expert Vancouver real estate advice. By: Jay http://jaybanks.ca/blogroll/2009/08/24/generation-x-to-replace-baby-boomers/comment-page-1/#comment-1756 Jay Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:45:15 +0000 http://jaybanks.ca/blogroll/2009/08/24/generation-x-to-replace-baby-boomers#comment-1756 Thanks for the comment! Remax report operates only with the term 'Generation X' (defined as 'those born between 1965 and 1980'). Do you have any relevant data related to Gen. Jones influence on real estate market? I have the feeling Gen. Jones was counted together (in the report) with Baby boomers and both are now pushed back by Gen. X (at least when it comes to recreational property) Thanks for the comment! Remax report operates only with the term ‘Generation X’ (defined as ‘those born between 1965 and 1980′). Do you have any relevant data related to Gen. Jones influence on real estate market? I have the feeling Gen. Jones was counted together (in the report) with Baby boomers and both are now pushed back by Gen. X (at least when it comes to recreational property)

]]> By: HD4008 http://jaybanks.ca/blogroll/2009/08/24/generation-x-to-replace-baby-boomers/comment-page-1/#comment-1738 HD4008 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:25:32 +0000 http://jaybanks.ca/blogroll/2009/08/24/generation-x-to-replace-baby-boomers#comment-1738 Interesting blog. No, it's not GenX who is replacing the Boomers, it's Generation Jones (born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X). Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press' annual Trend Report forecast the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Here's a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way: DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964 Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953 Generation Jones: 1954-1965 Generation X: 1966-1978 Here is an op-ed about GenJones as the new generation of leadership in USA TODAY: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm Interesting blog. No, it’s not GenX who is replacing the Boomers, it’s Generation Jones (born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X). Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press’ annual Trend Report forecast the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Here’s a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html

It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way:

DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964
Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953
Generation Jones: 1954-1965
Generation X: 1966-1978

Here is an op-ed about GenJones as the new generation of leadership in USA TODAY:
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm

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