Perhaps that's true, but given my parents immigrated here at 30 with no money, and managed to do it, I don't feel that is really an excuse for me, since I have

Perhaps that's true, but given my parents immigrated here at 30 with no money, and managed to do it, I don't feel that is really an excuse for me, since I have an 8 year head start. Like I said, thrift. We were certainly poorer than our friends and had less stuff. Americans do not like that idea.