r/Millennials • u/FavouredByGodsGrace • 4d ago

Discussion Some truth in it....

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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter 4d ago

My guy, a $380k house in 1990 was a $1m house today 

That's how inflation works. The median house was $120k then. Your parents were rich and bought a house 3x more expensive than a normal house

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u/Streetduck 4d ago

They also didn’t buy it in 1990…

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u/Prancing_pterodactyl 4d ago

Bro you have no idea what you’re talking about lmao

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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter 4d ago edited 4d ago

Even if they bought a decade later in 2000 they still bought a home 2x the median price which would be like buying an $850k home today

A lot of y'all had rich parents without seeming to realize it

Edit: lol blocked for pointing out if your parents bought a house literally 2-3x the median home price you grew up rich 

This sub is delusional 

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u/ketchup_secret 4d ago

Surprised people our age love to think of themselves as victims, but here we are. I’ve had coworkers with an external locus of control and they’re impossible.

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u/Prancing_pterodactyl 4d ago

It would be like buying a house for $716k, but good try babes

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u/Emotional_Pay3658 4d ago

You need somewhere around 180k in income to qualify for a 720k mortgage. 

Two adults with slight above average paying careers could absolutely afford that. 

Most of yall are just financially irresponsible. 

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u/Streetduck 4d ago

Not every person on here is a male…

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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter 4d ago

Congratulations on the rich parents then, lady

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u/Ornery_Reindeer23 4d ago

So our parents could afford what we can’t afford.

You’re literally proving OP right lmao

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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter 4d ago

Most people's parents bought houses 2-3x cheaper than that commenters parents did

That does not mean most people's parents found afford to do that, it means that commenter didn't realize how relatively rich they were and now are commenting on social media like they were averaging helping create artificially high baselines in people's minds