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People Are Sharing Things That Were Normal In The ’90s And ’00s But Are Now Considered A Luxury


12.

“Single-income families buying a home.”

THESSIS

“My dad as a college dropout restaurant manager made six figures, had two houses and two new cars in the 1980s. Mom just raised us kids.

Now, 35 years later my wife and I have two bachelor’s and a masters between us, three jobs and can just barely afford a house that’s 50% the size of one of my parents’ houses from the ‘80s. We make less combined than our dads did alone with no degrees.”

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