{"id":26049,"date":"2018-11-16T13:08:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T13:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=26049"},"modified":"2018-11-16T13:08:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T13:08:16","slug":"millennials-monopoly-because-we-cant-afford-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/millennials-monopoly-because-we-cant-afford-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Millennial\u2019s Monopoly: Because we can\u2019t afford houses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2018Forget real estate. You can\u2019t afford it anyway.\u2019 That\u2019s the catchy sentence at the bottom of the new Monopoly board released for millennials.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqEGM-Mh-Cg\/<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqEGM-Mh-Cg\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Owning a flat in London? We don\u2019t even think about it, homeownership became a mirage for our young generation and it\u2019s sad. But it would be shame not monetizing the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The world famous board game Monopoly just has launched its new version, a version entirely made for us.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of buying as much real estate as they can, players have to collect experiences. Experiences include <em>Friend\u2019s couch, Vegan bistro or a weeklong meditation retreat.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqOTpngFFVs\/<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the gameplay pieces you have the possibility to choose a hashtag or even a laughing\/crying emoji, CLICH\u00c9.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and the tagline on the back of the board? \u2018Adulting is hard. You deserve a break from the rat race!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>So how do you, millennials, feel about this game? Are you ready to embrace your destiny and joke about it or is it too soon?<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-26049-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Monopoly.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Monopoly.m4a\">http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Monopoly.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words: Kiara Vigo l Subbing: Christian Onion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Forget real estate. You can\u2019t afford it anyway.\u2019 That\u2019s the catchy sentence at the bottom of the new Monopoly board released for millennials. https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqEGM-Mh-Cg\/ https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqEGM-Mh-Cg\/ &nbsp; Owning a flat in London? We don\u2019t even think&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":26051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}