https://archive.is/2023.04.17-212925/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/05/millennial-generation-financial-issues-income-homeowners/673485/

Incomes and wealth are not just objective numbers—there is a large element of perception involved in whether someone thinks they are doing well.

You are not poor, you just think you are.

  • RION [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    By 2019, households headed by Millennials were making considerably more money than those headed by Boomers and Gen Xers at the same age.

    Very nice, now let's see the cost of living :bateman-ontological:

    • Notcontenttobequiet [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I scream this again and again, for the love of god inflation! Boomers ALWAYS forget about inflation. My mom complains about how she started teaching in 1978 and was only making like $12,000. That's $58,000 in today's dollars! A lot more money than I started making in my first job.