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It has not been forever true that households have had two incomes. Now it is common.
by chung8123 9mo ago
It has not been forever true that households have had two incomes. Now it is common.
- OGEnthusiast 9mo agoI meant it's been true forever that people with partners generally have a financial advantage over single people. (Even if they're not in a two-income household.)
- fh973 9mo agoWhat has changed is that dual income became the norm, and is no longer an advantage, but mandatory to compete on the housing market.
- bryanlarsen 9mo agoWhen single income was the norm, the norm was to put a family of 6 in an 800-1200 sq ft residence. That's still roughly equivalently affordable today.
- zeroonetwothree 9mo agoWell, only because one of the household did a huge amount of unpaid labor. A lot of which now has been replaced with paid labor (child care, restaurants, house cleaners, and so on).