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.
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.