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The youth today have no agency and boomers are the problem. As king of the cop-outs myself I would love to be able to live in that sentence instead of doing som

The youth today have no agency and boomers are the problem. As king of the cop-outs myself I would love to be able to live in that sentence instead of doing something. May I suggest you read some historical literature to get a perspective on this magical world that must exist or somehow existed in order for you to live a happy life? Do you think minorities had it better in the 70s? People with mental health issues? You know pre 1950 young people lived in those big hotels in cities and had shared bathrooms down the hall, etc that are now treated as one step above homeless housing, right? If the youth today were willing to live like they affordability would match historical norms. I lived with my mom as long as I could to save until I had a girlfriend with a good income to share an place (and I was a software developer in the bay area in the 90s at the time). My boomer parents borrowed the money from their parents to put down on their house. I don't know what magical world is denied my kids but they sure seem to think it existed.

mschuster91 4y ago
> I don't know what magical world is denied my kids but they sure seem to think it existed. My father in the 90s was able to afford a SAHM with two children and a car on the salary of a low-level police officer, and by the time he was 30, to buy a large 3BR+kitchen+living room flat in Munich. I'm as old as he was back when he bought that, and I have absolutely zero in savings, with the combined income of my s/o and me barely keeping up with rent and cost of living despite earning above average in an IT job. I couldn't afford to have a car but thankfully don't need it as public transport in Munich is actually worth the name. No, moving out of Munich is not really an option, as house prices and rents have exploded just the same in the entire area and rural areas are, as I described, absolutely left to rot in terms of infrastructure. The world back then may indeed have not been as rosy as many of my generation paint it - but it sure was objectively better than today. Our only hope is that we can inherit something from our parents, assuming that there is something left over after elderly care will have robbed them of all their savings and assets.

mschuster91 4y ago

> I don't know what magical world is denied my kids but they sure seem to think it existed. My father in the 90s was able to afford a SAHM with two children and a car on the salary of a low-level police officer, and by the time he was 30, to buy a large 3BR+kitchen+living room flat in Munich. I'm as old as he was back when he bought that, and I have absolutely zero in savings, with the combined income of my s/o and me barely keeping up with rent and cost of living despite earning above average in an IT job. I couldn't afford to have a car but thankfully don't need it as public transport in Munich is actually worth the name. No, moving out of Munich is not really an option, as house prices and rents have exploded just the same in the entire area and rural areas are, as I described, absolutely left to rot in terms of infrastructure. The world back then may indeed have not been as rosy as many of my generation paint it - but it sure was objectively better than today. Our only hope is that we can inherit something from our parents, assuming that there is something left over after elderly care will have robbed them of all their savings and assets.