re: How can the average person afford to live?

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When you were our age, you could work at the fricking grocery store or fricking McDonald’s and own a home and support your damn family.

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I also lived in an old farmhouse without central heat and air. I remember hanging thermal curtains to keep the heat and air in the main living room. One summer the candles on the top shelves literally melted due to the heat. I also didn’t have a car with AC until I was in my 30s.
I do well now, but I’ve been getting out of bed everyday for 20+ years going to work for the same company and generally work hard.