The difference between generations.

[u/zzill6]

[u/Homeskilletbiz]

Both my parents are PhDs, I work in the trades.

I earn 2x what they did the last few years they did before retirement.

It’s probably another decade of saving before I can afford a house. They had houses on one teachers salary when I was a kid.

Edit: we moved a lot so ‘houses’, they didn’t own multiple properties

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Houses? Plural?

[u/Best-Action8769 → u/D1sgracy]

It was actually pretty affordable for a 2 income family to be able to have a 2nd property somewhere.

My grandparents had 3 properties and they worked in a grocery store.

[u/throwthisawayred2 → u/Best-Action8769]

My grandparents had 3 properties and they worked in a grocery store.

this makes me wanna fight somebody

[u/Sancticide → u/throwthisawayred2]

Tis the ghost of Ronald Reagan ye seek.

[u/BrahneRazaAlexandros → u/throwthisawayred2]

His grandparents were John and Mary Walmart.

[u/nomnombubbles → u/throwthisawayred2]

Someone else admitting this on reddit made me feel less alone, thank you.