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So your answer is no, you're not willing to forgo the abundance your parents and grandparents never knew at the same age. Asking how is relevant is just a defle
by elmerfud 3y ago
So your answer is no, you're not willing to forgo the abundance your parents and grandparents never knew at the same age. Asking how is relevant is just a deflection.
Have 1 phone per family, get married at a young age, have 1 TV that's small or maybe no TV, no computer, no game console, 1 crappy car that you know how to fix, cook cheap food at home, then buy your crappy starter home of 2-3 bedroom with 1 bathroom.
Somethings cost more some cost drastically less. At 22 you probably owned more clothes than your parents did at that age. You probably owned more if everything than they did. We live in a land of abundance of trivial trash that no one is willing to give up to get that house they go on and on about. This is trash the previous generations never had as an option or they would have fallen prey to it as well. So apparently we have much more disposable income than prior generations even if we don't have the same income levels.
- jjeaff 3y agoif you add all those things together, they don't even come close to the increased cost of housing. My middle class parents had one TV and entertainment center growing up and it cost around $2k and that's early 90s money. we have 3 big flat screens now and they don't add up to $2k and that's in today's dollars. We certainly eat out more than they did, but groceries were a lot cheaper back then too. This isn't a "Dave Ramsey" type problem for most people. All the avocado toast and Starbucks you could possibly eat and drink won't add up to being able to afford a $1 million starter home.