• QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    My anecdote: I make about the same as my dad did at this age and I have about the same QoL and a nicer, newer home. Our single experiences don’t add up to much.

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      24 hours ago

      Theirs is backed by easily reviewable wage vs cost data.

      If you have the same income as your dad, you’re at a loss at every transaction, comparatively. There’s no trick to the price of gas or a stick of gum. Such things have straight gone up since our parents were young

      A paycheck anywhere doesn’t go as far as one of 40 years ago. This is not my opinion