> Just fifty years ago you could buy a home by swinging a hammer for a few years. No degree needed. So it was a thing. Not even that far back. I can't even ma

> Just fifty years ago you could buy a home by swinging a hammer for a few years. No degree needed. So it was a thing. Not even that far back. I can't even match the standard of living my parents (and friends' parents) raised us in in the 90s/2000s. Exactly 0 of the people I'm thinking of were "professionals" or had any high-quality rigorous education at all. All had condos/SFH with (gasp) a garage very close to where I still live. Many of the wives didn't work at all, other than perhaps retail type jobs once we were old enough to be self-sufficient.