I was just explaining this to my mom today. Our generation has a lot of luxuries cheaper but also a lot higher fixed costs (housing, education, childcare, healt

I was just explaining this to my mom today. Our generation has a lot of luxuries cheaper but also a lot higher fixed costs (housing, education, childcare, healthcare, etc). Even adjusting for inflation my college and rent were a few times what she paid when she was in her 20s so my experience is that people now who are doing well are doing really well but people who are struggling are really struggling.