2024-05-06T11:37:26-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150122760/the-rise-of-the-rural-millennial Rima Abousleiman 2019-02-20T13:41:00-05:00 >2019-04-05T19:45:43-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/55/55d547431d53e9cfa7e10025d3a2491d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Millennials are moving to more rural environments and making them active again &ndash; stimulating those places that were close to being forgotten about. But this growing shift in millennial demographics has gone largely unnoticed. Millennials, a demographic that reached young adulthood in the early 21st century, comprised of individuals born between 1981-1996, have been largely criticized for their strong attraction towards urban life. Often, they are used as a scapegoat by earlier generations for problems in the world today and, as a result, millennials are the group associated with fairly negative characteristics.</p>