RASCAL REPORT
An eye on baby boomers since 2022
“My idea of growing old gracefully is probably different than other people’s!”
– Jane Goldman
The Georgia Trump Trial will be, above all, the final war between the two kinds of boomers on the internet
Hillary Clinton did not invent AIDS.
Generation-wide stereotypes aren’t always based on robust, peer-reviewed data, but research supports this one. One academic study found that individuals 65 and older who used Twitter were twice as likely to see “fake news” from sites like Alex Jones’ InfoWars as those age 18 to 29, for example. Another found that individuals 65 and older shared seven times as many fake-news links as those 18 to 29.
Vintage Batmobile sells for £117,000: Time to search for your toy cars?
A toy Batmobile has just sold for a record-breaking £117,000. This open-top red tin car went under the hammer at a sale held by Heritage Auctions in the US for $150,000 earlier this month. Made in 1966 by the Japanese company Yonezawa, it fetched ten times its estimate thanks to a bidding war. Such stratospheric prices are unusual for toy cars, but if you root around the attic and discover a box full of old diecast cars – as made by Dinky Toys, Corgi, Matchbox and Hot Wheels – you may be surprised to learn that many are now worth hundreds, and occasionally even thousands, of pounds.
Believing myths about aging makes growing old worse
If you’re alive today, there’s a good chance you’ve come to believe in a series of myths about the second half of your life. Start with the whopper: the traditional view of aging—or what I call “the long slow rot theory.” This is the idea that all of our mental and physical skills decline over time and there’s nothing we can do to stop the slide. Yet nothing could be farther from the truth. You want proof? Read on.
5 cities baby boomers are flocking to in retirement
According to the report, the trend of baby boomers leaving prominent cities such as New York, San Francisco, and San Jose, California, remains unabated. These three cities experienced the most significant population outflow in the initial stages of the pandemic, and as of 2023, they continue to lead in terms of the highest decline among major metropolitan areas. Here’s where they’re going.
STORY: Welcome home, son! When are you leaving?
Our twenty-five-year-old son moved back home this week. The lease on the house he’s been sharing with four others has run out. Their little group has been together for seven years. A bit like a rock band, there’s been a few changes of personnel and a few dramas, but they’ve kept on the road. At this time of the year, they normally renew their lease or, if that’s not an option, move to another property. Things are different this time.