The common assertion that most millennials hate suburbs, cars and “sprawl” may be yet another urban myth promulgated by developers, planners and their handmaidens in the media. It turns out that the percentage of twenty-somethings nationally living in the denser core counties in 2013 is slightly lower than in 2010. The vast majority of millennials, roughly 70 percent, live well outside the core counties, and their numbers grew overall by three times as much over the past three years"
This article questions much of what the City and developers have said about millennials and where they want to live. Read more here:
www.joelkotkin.com/content/00948-tracking-americas-hidden-millennials