By Jessica Bliss
Young adults, coming of age in the recession, see their expectations crushed, yet their optimism endures.
Four hours before he boarded a plane for a vacation to Ireland, Brett Kling was laid off. “I was cut the same day as the Christmas party and the company picnic,” he said.
With a mortgage, student loans and a ‘99 Saturn with 196,000 miles on it, the then-29-year-old technical trainer was completely freaking out. Four months later and still unemployed, his anxiety hasn’t subsided. “I am terrified,” he said. I am skittish.”He is not alone. The recession, now pronounced near an end by financial gurus, has affected many. But for the young adults of Generation Y, it has completely altered a once-inviting future.
