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Back in November, my MPR colleagues and I examined the issue of 

young adults moving home in the recession.

 It was a compelling package, driven by the voices of Minnesotans in 

But we lost track of the issue until Allison Stratton dropped us a line recently with six words:

We'd been asking MinnEcon readers to tell us -- in six words -- 

what happened to their housing during the recession.

Stratton's comments got us thinking about people we've talked to in their mid-20s or older who were hurt in the recession and needed to move in with family. The economy's still pretty bad, but it's better than last year.

So are people who moved home in 2008 and 2009 financially secure enough in 2010 to be back out on there own?

Stratton 24, is an interior designer in the Twin Cities. She moved home in November when her apartment lease was up. She wrote us:

She's hoping to be on her own again by the end of the year, but added: "I don't see myself moving out until I get my full pay back and get my savings back to what it should be."

On the upside, she says work at her business is picking up, "so I hope that the financial struggles of the employees lessen soon."

, their job prospects and what happens if they decide they can't stay in Minnesota.

Stratton's story reminds us that even for new grads with jobs, this recession has been a struggle.

Nationally, 13 percent of parents with grown children say one of their adult sons or daughters has moved back home in the past year, the 

Happily, Stratton said she has a "great relationship with my parents.They are very supportive and understanding of my situation."

But it's also "an emotional strain for me to owe them rent and be "mooching" off of them at this age!"

that we highlighted in November. It found:

Check out this cool video from MPR about moving home.

Here's some good, quick advice from the blog, "

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