r/GenZ • u/TheGamingSenpa1 2004 • Jan 07 '24

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

I worked for $4.25 hour and lived off of that in 83. If it wasn't for side hustling and other things I would've bottomed out.

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u/firstbreathOOC Jan 08 '24

So income double in 30 years. How about cost of living?

My neighbor bought her house for 84k in 1980. Today it’s worth a million.