How Couples Meet in the US

It's been trending this way for years, but seeing it graphed out like this is shocking.

What do you think are the effects of this drastic change?

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I'm kind of surprised that College has always been low
- In earlier generations more people didn't even go to college. If you're in the 70% of silent generation that never went to college, you're certainly not going to meet a spouse there. Especially if you attended a university that was only for one gender.
- Only about 1/3 of Americans have an undergrad degree. And that's up from the 25% from roughly 15 years ago.

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