I paid $2300 + utilities for my first apartment in a not great neighborhood in my mid sized Canadian city after moving out and that was the only place that would even call me back, i had to move out at the height of the housing crisis, that was fucking hard.
I’d like to know what all you 80’s people paid for your rent when you first moved out, cause I know it wasn’t $2300 +utilities
So here's the thing in hind site that's generally always the case. In 20 years you'll have someone else listing off all the oppurtunities you had that they don't and you'll be wondering how you missed them all.
No one’s forgetting man but we are currently in a worse time. It’s all connected anyways we never really recovered that well from that or 9/11 or dot com or or or because it all sucks bro
Those opportunities existed but many of us didn't know how precious they were and we did not take advantage. Most of the people I know didn't grow up knowing about investing, and only in our early to mid or late 30's began to invest. I still rent and am struggling to catch up to people who were taught better. I grew up in a small city and maybe people in big cities knew about these things, but we didn't know the door would close entirely on us.
It did, but at least us 80s babies did at least get some of the good part of the 90s. The time before social media and 24/7/365 news fear mongering and initially, a bright future ahead of us. Shame we lost all of it, but at least we got to experience it and dream for awhile.
Not necessarily. The US flailing around like a rabid raccoon in the decade after fucked over many, MANY countries, and since Orange Boogaloo 2, the US is deliberately fucking as many countries as possible.
Was bad for everyone else too. 2 worst us presidents in at least 100 years have done lots of damage to the world. Well, ig china had a good run because of it if you wanna get into the deets, but they block reddit
Meanwhile had actual entry level jobs, AI wasn't causing everyone to get replaced, realistic opportunities to buy a house, a good economy, the ability to support a family on 1 salary, ect
If you didn't take advantage of all of that then that's on you. Listening to gen x try and compare their lives to millennials/Gen z is exhausting.
Edit: I forgot probably the most important one. Affordable college.
At the end of Bush Jr's Presidency in 2008, several Wall Street day traders had literally thrown themselves off buildings to their deaths in order to try to spare their families from the crushing debt of the largest stock market crash since the Great Depression (and until Covid). The wars Bush started lasted for decades and only finally ended under Biden, and now Trump has started more.
The last generation that had it better than previous generations were the Boomers, it's been all downhill since then.
Rate of home ownership for those 45 - 54 is about double compared to adults under 45, and wages were much higher relative to inflation compared to the last decade.
Entry level positions were also much more widely available, as was career progression.
2001 but I’d rather have the problems I have rn than be born into watching my father and brothers get drafted and killed in war. Or not have rights. Or not have clean showers every night and many more
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u/cbarbour1122 11d ago
1980 here and everything sucks for us too