The average marriage age keeps creeping up….

Why it matters: The delay in achieving traditional markers of adulthood have contributed to falling fertility rates in many wealthy nations, raising concerns about the ultimate economic impact of a shrinking future generation.

Just a century ago, for most heterosexual Americans at least, “there was no such thing as an urban tribe, or living in a city and meeting people. You grew up, went to work and got married and had kids,” Richard Florida, a University of Toronto urban theorist told Axios. “Now you can be a kid into your late 40s.”

• The biggest change in young adult life is that “many people are choosing to settle down after they have sort of every other piece of their life like in check,” Betches cofounder Samantha Fishbein told Axios.
• It’s not just a trend in New York, Chicago and L.A. anymore — it’s also in places like Nashville, Seattle, Pittsburgh and Denver, according to Florida.

It’s even a global phenomenon…..

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