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TMAC, I'll give you the idea I had while going camping a few years ago

"Family UNfriendly" Campgrounds, Resorts, etc.

For couples and singles over 21/25, BYOB, no playground, no jungle gym, maybe a yoga class or wine tasting, etc. etc.

Getaways for DINKs and retirees.

Edit: Just thought of it, Family Unfriendly abbreviates to "FU".

TMAC54 says

Is there a way to capitalize on the declining marriage rate trend ?

If you can find a way to short divorce lawyers. They and the family court system are the primary reasons marriage is on the decline.

thunderlips11 says

TMAC, I'll give you the idea I had while going camping a few years ago

"Family UNfriendly" Campgrounds, Resorts, etc.

For couples and singles over 21/25, BYOB, no playground, no jungle gym, maybe a yoga class or wine tasting, etc. etc.

Getaways for DINKs and retirees.

Edit: Just thought of it, Family Unfriendly abbreviates to "FU".

That's why I like to vacation in Atlantic City so much. There are very few, if any kids around. That and I like the cat colony on the boardwalk. I went to Cape May, NJ as a day trip once, and decided that while it's nice, there were so many kids around I would never want to actually stay there (that and it's too fucking expensive)

One of the reasons I won't get married is because I'd have to pay higher income taxes if I did, but as one of the articles commentary pointed out, Obamacare would force you to potentially pay for health insurance for someone you married, making it financially an even worse deal as well.

Dan8267 says

They and the family court system are the primary reasons marriage is on the decline.

Isn't that ironic. Gubmint (family) agencies dependent on broken homes ?

On the other hand, I have to assume this chart is including domestic violence.

TMAC54 says

Isn't that ironic. Gubmint (family) agencies dependent on broken homes ?

Shouldn't you be blaming divorce lawyers and judges for this?

TMAC54 says

On the other hand, I have to assume this chart is including domestic violence.

The chart shows no correlation between divorce and a drop in violent crime. It does show that violent crime dropped as the Baby Boomers, the large unruly generation, got old and were past the time in life where people are violent (teens and 20s). Geeze, violence peeked when there were a lot of horny teens roaming the streets and subsided when these people became soccer moms and nascar dads. This only shows that Gen X and the Millennials are less violent than the Boomers.

As surely as the Sun comes up tomorrow, marriage will not die out.

There's always a new generation that thinks it has invented everything from music to sex to "til death do us part".

The reason marriage rates are dropping is economic uncertainty. Most of the reproducing is done by the lower 50% in the US. When these people can barely house and feed themselves after working 60 hours a week, a spouse and kids is out of the picture. The bottom 50% have been suffering lifestyle decline for decades as their jobs were shipped overseas or given to illegal immigrant labor. A small group at the bottom takes government assistance, but most muddle through with dead end work. As the economic hardship has crawled up the socioeconomic ladder, so has the shrinking of families along with divorse rates which are disproportionately effected by financial hardship.

futuresmc says

When these people can barely house and feed themselves after working 60 hours a week, a spouse and kids is out of the picture.

Spouse is out, kids are still in. Poverty doesn't stop the poor from reproducing. Actually, it encourages it. The poorest nations have the greatest population growth. And the poor in America have children then the rich.

Good economics means less population growth, not more. And that's a good thing since we have over 7 billion people on the planet already and we can't even sustain that.