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> You used to be able to get into a university relatively easily, with decent but not top few percent grades. When you got there you wouldn't be saddled with hu
by pcthrowaway 4y ago
> You used to be able to get into a university relatively easily, with decent but not top few percent grades. When you got there you wouldn't be saddled with huge debt. When you finished there was a decent chance to stay in the academy
Academics, or even "smart" work aside, you used to be able to pay rent, buy a car, and save for a house on minimum wage, and later still with a strong entry level salary in pretty much any blue collar work.
Now, minimum wage will leave you homeless in most places.
> On top of it all the ideology of the previous generation is that it's all your own fault.
We're a few generations past the boomers, but you're right, Millenials and Zoomers (and the oldest of gen Alpha) definitely have to deal with this
- BirAdam 4y agoNot just that. My dad bought a car, paid for an apartment, and paid for college in cash while working near minimum wage… today?
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoThe only thing your dad could own today would be an iPhone and a '98 Civic.
- RajT88 4y agoA city I used to live in was like this. The working class people used to live densely in apartments and houses. The city did not like all those cars parked out front so they instituted a policy which targeted these people, levying fines through shady and aggressive tow companies. You had to have a car to get to work though - and although they could partly solve this by painting bike lanes to make biking more viable, they did not do that either. But the city wanted to have its cake and eat it too - so it incentivized local factories to expand their operations to bring more of these folks to the city to work, making the problem worse. It is like that scene from "History of the world Pt. 1". Fuck the poor!
- throwaway2190 4y ago[flagged]
- bsenftner 4y agoSounds like Denver, today.