I would call it more managing their expectations and&#x2F;or settling rather than being happy.<p>I&#x27;m sure if you offered any, if not most, of these people a winning lottery ticket of great fortune they&#x27;ll surely take it.<p>This goes for millennials here as well. Just cause they&#x27;re settling for living in mom&#x27;s basement doesn&#x27;t mean they wouldn&#x27;t rather own their home and their own car. It just happens that living at mom&#x27;s beats living on the park bench.<p>The thing is there&#x27;s two kinds of people: those who will stay in their comfort zone, and those who see want more out of life and will raise hell to get what they want.<p>Just cause these millennials don&#x27;t raise hell doesn&#x27;t necessarily mean they&#x27;re happy. They&#x27;re just content enough.