utc the caveat does help and i notice the article is better researched and written than it was when i commented two years ago however observationally i do see an ethnic component my town is a predominantly middle class suburb of with a much higher percentage of blacks latinos and armenians than the u s or state averages these middle class families tend to be more multigenerational than white middle class families thus i think it is more acceptable for white middle class families to be multigenerational here october