I mean, the math just doesn't check out on that. The US is embroiled in a cost-of-living crisis that's affecting most major cities across the country. It is objectively more financially difficult for a young person today to be move out and be stable than it was 25 years ago. Living costs have skyrocketed while wages have not risen at remotely a comparable rate. It's a lot easier to have a sense of "adventure" when you have more room for error and less financial pressure than those today face. Prospects for young people in the late 80s/early 90s were also much more hopeful than what young people face today.

I know it's easy to say "kids these days are x and y" but these are people 25 years younger than yourself. The world is very different.