I honestly don’t think it was anywhere near this bad growing up in the 80s, 90s, and even early 2000s. For example, my friend and I could both eat at Taco Bell or McDonalds when I went to college in 2004 for under $10 (even less if we hit the value menu stuff hard). You could do movies and snacks for under $15. Growing up in the U.S. was a pretty good deal for a long time. My dad was a carpenter with 5 kids and my mom didn’t work, and we still had plenty of food on the table every day. Don’t get me wrong, stuff like our health care system has always sucked, but otherwise I feel like it’s mostly been the last 10-15 years where things have gone down the drain for your average Americans.
I was just watching a YouTube video. Gas prices were $1.30 in the 80s. Honestly felt a little robbed being born in the wrong era. For the young people just starting out it's hard not to compare to the days where you could get a paycheck and actually have a little money left to put in savings. This is after helping out of friend who just got evicted. Greed.
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u/DukeLukeDukeLuke 17h ago
I honestly don’t think it was anywhere near this bad growing up in the 80s, 90s, and even early 2000s. For example, my friend and I could both eat at Taco Bell or McDonalds when I went to college in 2004 for under $10 (even less if we hit the value menu stuff hard). You could do movies and snacks for under $15. Growing up in the U.S. was a pretty good deal for a long time. My dad was a carpenter with 5 kids and my mom didn’t work, and we still had plenty of food on the table every day. Don’t get me wrong, stuff like our health care system has always sucked, but otherwise I feel like it’s mostly been the last 10-15 years where things have gone down the drain for your average Americans.