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.
This infuriates me so hard. They even did the fucking avo toast. This has to be a troll.
I can't even afford to fucking pay for parking some days. I have several friends my age who are working professionals who would have been called 'upper middle class 20 years ago that have recently had to move back with their parents in their 30s because rent has gone up so high and their jobs don't pay enough. They work constantly, more than I've ever seen a boomer or Gen X, yet they get nothing.
And these are working professionals with degrees and years of experience. One works in design and has several awards. They can't even afford rent.
Can you imagine how millennials like me who are minimum wage 'unskilled labor' are doing? There's a reason I went back to Uni, because I sure as fuck wasn't going to keep losing my sanity being what might as well be an unpaid slave while my mind vegetates.
I'm still going to be poor while back at school, obviously, but at least I get to use my mind and time to educate myself, instead of enriching some scummy business.
I've made my peace that I'll never retire and if I'm lucky, maybe, JUST maybe I can get on assistance to get rent controlled housing and food. I'm fucked but I don't pretend like I'm not unlike my peers.