Older generations say “we all struggled in our 20s.”
No, you didn’t.
You didn’t pay $2,200 for rent and $7 for eggs.
You didn’t graduate into $50K student debt and $0 job security.
Gen Z isn’t dramatic.
They’re drowning.
@AshValePress@Govindtwtt Your figures are not correct. The minimum wage was 2.75 in 1978,. Minimum wage in 2026 in CA is 16.90 per hour. 100%? You need to go back to school.
@BrokerDestinyRE@Govindtwtt Math?
I'm Gen X and you are out to lunch if you can't see it.
Wages went up 100%.
Cost of housing went up over 500%.
There's your math.
Few people became millionaires from your generation, and now you expect everyone to earn that much on only twice the wage?
Stupid.
@PageZaplendam@Govindtwtt No, we didn't have cell phones until 1986, however, your phone bill was 35.00 per month and long distance was very expensive. I paid cash for my first car at 17. 4,000. saved up from working summer jobs since I was 12. I think it is a balance of what can I live without.
@BrokerDestinyRE@Govindtwtt There's some truth on both sides. You also didn't have pay to play entry costs that moderns have - like a car, a cellphone, a laptop, etc. Not saying you're completely wrong, but neither are they.
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22 years old and already $91,300 in DEBT.
No house. No safety net. Not even rent she can afford — so she’s living in a camper.
$51,000 on a car. $12,000 in student loans. $2,200 in medical bills.
Nothing extravagant. Just the baseline.
This isn’t excess. It’s survival.
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American says they she will never be able to afford a home because every home in her area is $500,000 to $1,000,000
She says even looking for something very basic, there is nothing under $500,000
“I cannot fathom ever owning a home. I cannot fathom ever not living in an apartment — honestly, it feels like one of the worst timelines to ever be dropped into this sh*t because everything is so expensive, and I hate that word, but everything is so expensive”
We have to bring back home ownership in America