None of my kids moved home, and all left the nest by fall after highschool graduation, as they were raised to look forward to what they could do when on their own, rather than living under house rules.
Why would your area have nothing to do with the future of all American's? Do you actually live in a different country? Granted, with your software or hardware selection and protocols, I am not sure.
None of my kids ever paid to live in a house with 6 or 7 other people. I guess we raised them to be willing to work for more and more independence. One son decided after 3 years of tough subjects (making the grade) to just get out of the school grind he'd been in since 1st grade and out of the blue, signed up for special forces, jumping out of perfectly good airplanes and going to war. Two years in, he bought a new car (parked here while overseas), leaving me with power of attorney, over his banking of the money he was making, so when he got back from the war, he had a 2 year old car with a few hundred miles, about paid for, and a better idea of what he wanted to do, stayed with us about a month and half before moving out to nice 2 bedroom apartment and started nursing school, to be an ER Nurse, to feed his craving for excitement, and other people blood and pain certainly not him. Of course, he always had good priorities, didn't party to excess, handled his responsibilities, didn't do drugs, so he could always pass a blood test. Many young people simply do not know what priorities are or should be. Being clean, willing to apply and above average IQ helps with opportunities.
For one who has his, and I suppose did it on his own, (though maybe not) you worry about too much about the young people getting theirs. If raise right to make good decisions and stand on their own two feet, they's be fine. If they prioritize partying, drugs, spending every penny they earn before the next paycheck, life can be rough. Life ain't just a bowl of cherries, ya know, and never has been. So you shouldn't be such a judgmental dick.
The old rules still hold true for me and you, because we followed them when it counted. For those that applied themselves as far back as highschool, opportunity is still there, if not in your town, but in others. Or perhaps, if they aren't dumbass, fatboy weaklings, with a taste for smoking dope and doing as they please, they can join the military and do some growing up, to better prepare for life in the real world afterward.
I've just seen too much to join your pity party.