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The United States is gradually growing older. Not that it is something we do not know, but in general, the boomers are by far the biggest single generation ever in the United States. All of us are in our fifties and sixties now, and though we do not consider it old, the country’s average is slowly going up. This is naturally a cycle, and will come back down after a few decades.
But why are we talking about the average age of the country here today? Simply because research shows that the average age of a nation acts on the thinking of the whole country, and since they form the largest section of the population, would influence most of the decisions taken there. Since most of us are beyond fifties now, most of the decisions of the country are on the safer side. The general risk taking appetite has gone down. But that’s a good thing too!
But there’s a great side to this aging process. All these years, elderly people were not part of the mainstream community, and they were not accepted easily into all the young hangouts. However, with the boomer generation, that problem does not arise, as we are the generation that has created all these hangouts! The best part about us is that we have the best of both worlds. We have seen the country evolve into what it has, and also are a part of the tremendous technology which is taking this country and the world into the future. So, people who are aged are now better accepted into the society, and once that happens, no one feels old any longer!
So, though the US is growing older, we don’t feel old, do we?
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