3 ms·The promise was it was going to get much cheaper to live. That didn't happen, and here we are.by ddingus 5y agoThe promise was it was going to get much cheaper to live. That didn't happen, and here we are.le-mark 5y agoSome make the case that cheap goods from China via Walmart was precisely that.ddingus 5y agoWas not enough. On family wage income, yes. However, moving that stuff offshore also reduced wages as service jobs became the norm. For many, buying power dropped.