▲ 354 ▼ Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate ‘not seen since the Great Depression’ (moneywise.com) submitted 3 years ago by narwhal@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml 106 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Wakmrow@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) The house I grew up in is now worth 1.4 million dollars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I was going to include house much they sold it for a few years ago but I didn't think it was a fair comparison because they added a second floor permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Wakmrow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It's the thing I use to hammer home the idea that our lives are dramatically worse than our parents. I could not dream of paying that mortgage but my mom could pay it as a single mother of two because they bought it in the 80s for 300k and engineer salaries allowed them to pay it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I was going to include house much they sold it for a few years ago but I didn't think it was a fair comparison because they added a second floor permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Wakmrow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It's the thing I use to hammer home the idea that our lives are dramatically worse than our parents. I could not dream of paying that mortgage but my mom could pay it as a single mother of two because they bought it in the 80s for 300k and engineer salaries allowed them to pay it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wakmrow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It's the thing I use to hammer home the idea that our lives are dramatically worse than our parents. I could not dream of paying that mortgage but my mom could pay it as a single mother of two because they bought it in the 80s for 300k and engineer salaries allowed them to pay it. permalink fedilink source parent