BEING a member of ‘generation rent’ is far less interesting than being a punk, hippie or raver, renters have claimed.
Many people who are forced to rent say they would like to reject conventional society but are too busy worrying about finding an affordable starter home.
Office worker Tom Logan said: “When you’re trying to get on the property ladder you just don’t have time for glue-sniffing, free love or getting off your head on horse tranquilisers in a field.
“Us renters usually go over to each others’ flats in the evening and look at the Foxtons website. We’ll chat for hours about mortgages and have a few glasses of tap water to save money for a deposit.
“Naturally I’d like to invent an exciting new form of psychedelic rock and have loads of groupies, but then Jimi Hendrix didn’t need to find a reasonably-priced semi in commuting distance of Stevenage.
“It was easier for other youth cultures. My grandad just spent every weekend battering mods with a spanner in Brighton. All we’ve got is our Location, Location, Location DVDs and our tears.”
Receptionist Nikki Hollis said: “Generation rent is already producing its own writers and artists. I’ve just finished a 450-page novel about a young woman’s struggle for her own patio.
“Sometimes I think we should protest in the streets like the students in the 1960s, but I don’t want to do anything that would jeopardise my credit rating.”