Hooray for America, we’re finally moving into the 19th century!!
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this, sir, is practically unpossible to achieve todayMy parents were 17 and 18 when they got married. Seems to have worked out pretty good for them. Three kids and owned their own house by the age of 25. Empty nesters in their 40s. Retired very well at 55 with homes in 3 states.
The only difference today is the work ethic of today's young adults. My parents busted their asses in their 20s and 30s to make a good life for us. Even in retirement I don't know many people who work as hard as my father does. At 78 he just sold his home in the mountains where he would go and work harder than most men 1/3rd his age. He has regrets I'm sure about selling it but the 8 hour each way drive was getting to be a problem.this, sir, is practically unpossible to achieve today
they are lucky. you are lucky.
Were they cousins?My parents were 17 and 18 when they got married. Seems to have worked out pretty good for them. Three kids and owned their own house by the age of 25. Empty nesters in their 40s. Retired very well at 55 with homes in 3 states.
there are many more differences than just “they worked hard”. You‘re being a bullshit liar again.The only difference today is the work ethic of today's young adults. My parents busted their asses in their 20s and 30s to make a good life for us. Even in retirement I don't know many people who work as hard as my father does. At 78 he just sold his home in the mountains where he would go and work harder than most men 1/3rd his age. He has regrets I'm sure about selling it but the 8 hour each way drive was getting to be a problem.
Oh God. Is this where you go on your fantasy rap about how the big bad boomers, who were born into paradise on earth, ruined your life and left you with no options but failure?there are many more differences than just “they worked hard”. You‘re being a bullshit liar again.
No, not really. Look at the median salary at the time your parents were alive relative to the median home cost. Or the value of your own home, that you openly admit was a bargain relative to what it would cost now. It's an order of magnitude difference, especially closer to the coasts.The only difference today is the work ethic of today's young adults. My parents busted their asses in their 20s and 30s to make a good life for us. Even in retirement I don't know many people who work as hard as my father does. At 78 he just sold his home in the mountains where he would go and work harder than most men 1/3rd his age. He has regrets I'm sure about selling it but the 8 hour each way drive was getting to be a problem.
falseThe only difference today is the work ethic of today's young adults. My parents busted their asses in their 20s and 30s to make a good life for us. Even in retirement I don't know many people who work as hard as my father does. At 78 he just sold his home in the mountains where he would go and work harder than most men 1/3rd his age. He has regrets I'm sure about selling it but the 8 hour each way drive was getting to be a problem.
My father worked his way up from a construction laborer to a carpenter to the project manager overseeing the construction of hospitals and nursing homes. Spent his entire career with one company except his final three years because he wanted to work closer to home. The only thing different today with regards to his career is that today I doubt you could reach the position where he was in the final 3rd of his career without at least an engineering degree.No, not really. Look at the median salary at the time your parents were alive relative to the median home cost. Or the value of your own home, that you openly admit was a bargain relative to what it would cost now. It's an order of magnitude difference, especially closer to the coasts.
Of course you won't though, because you regularly ignore hard numbers and cite anecdotes to fit your narrative. How . . . Unusual.
Another anecdote, which actually serves my point. There was more room for upward mobility of people without a college degree at that time in history.My father worked his way up from a construction laborer to a carpenter to the project manager overseeing the construction of hospitals and nursing homes. Spent his entire career with one company except his final three years because he wanted to work closer to home. The only thing different today with regards to his career is that today I doubt you could reach the position where he was in the final 3rd of his career without at least an engineering degree.
Again, hard demographic data based on extensive datasets >>>>> anecdotes.As for salaries and costs, my parents never made great money until I was in high school. I know my parents bought their first house in 1968 for $11,500. No idea what their income was at that stage in life but it wasn't much.
Basically you'll write off anyone's opinion that doesn't comport with your own.Another anecdote, which actually serves my point. There was more room for upward mobility of people without a college degree at that time in history.
The Post WW2 era through the 70s was a unique time in history economically because of a multitude of factors, such as:
-Booming post war economy for manufacturing, home building, infrastructure, etc that made for ample employment and mobility for those with minimal education
-Strong unions that insured higher wages for blue collar workers
-The rest of industrialized world being destroyed, therefore minimal competition
-Remedial international telecommunications or internet, which hindered outsourcing
Those conditions will likely never repeat themselves again, so to compare now to then is willful ignorance on many levels.
Also, there are stories of people with similar hustle from every generation.
Again, hard demographic data based on extensive datasets >>>>> anecdotes.
Are you talking to yourself?Basically you'll write off anyone's opinion that doesn't comport with your own.
Basically you'll write off anyone's opinion that doesn't comport with your own.
Okay gramps...like I have a working printer with ink at home.You just walk right in and hand deliver your resume and don't leave until they hire you.