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> less and less of a future Everything is relative. My grandfather's biggest dream was to live in a city, that's it. Now young people dream (and envy) of way m
by deepsun 4y ago
> less and less of a future
Everything is relative. My grandfather's biggest dream was to live in a city, that's it. Now young people dream (and envy) of way more.
So I'd say there's more and more future for youth. They can afford, at least once in one's life: travel abroad, snow skiing, parachuting, going to a restaurant. It's just baseline jumped.
- tayo42 4y agoMy grandparent's traveled the world and the US. Bought a big house and well obviously had a family.
- Xeoncross 4y agoThe disconnect might be wasting young peoples lives having them spend hours looking at influencers, reminding them of all the ways they might die from things, and keeping them busy scrolling and up on the latest trends of today. When you stop paying attention to the deluge of alerts and articles, you can focus on your own tasks and get to experience some neat stuff and wonderful people in this world.
- harimau777 4y agoLiving in a cosmopolitan city is a pretty unrealistic dream for many people now that housing prices have gone off the charts.
- skwosh 4y agoRelatively speaking... Cultural optimism is likely to follow periods of growth and abundance, like buying a property in the 1970s for $5K and selling it in the 2000s for $2M. The last couple of decades have seen a reversal of this effect, so I don't think it's unreasonable that more people are feeling pessimistic about the future and their place in it.