# @dwellmagazine on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLSc6AMxnVW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33973867-dwellmagazine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-06-24T15:18:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dwell (@dwellmagazine) — https://gondola.cc/dwellmagazine

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Studies show that Gen Z—those born between 1997 and 2012—are not doing great. Having inherited a “fundamentally broken world,” says Newsweek, Gen Z is dealing with a host of “social, digital, and developmental factors” that have led them to experience higher levels of loneliness than their elders. Nearly 73 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds report struggling with isolation—and this isn’t by accident. As Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic and Dwell contributor langealexandra has expounded on, America is, collectively, terrible at building spaces for young people to meet, hang out, and thrive. Gen Z is encountering a world where stagnant wages have resulted in a failure to launch: 33 percent of adult Gen Zers live with their parents, unable to afford housing away from their childhood bedroom. By not living together, young people miss out on the chance to build deep social ties that can sustain them throughout their adult years. Building more housing—importantly, designing such housing more intentionally to maximize both affordability and social well-being—presents an opportunity to address overlapping housing and mental health crises. The greatest chance to provide a stable and connected future for Gen Z could lie in a small-scale intervention: the micro-unit. Read more at the link in our bio.
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