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Affordability Crisis...list the things we didn't have to pay for a few generations ago...
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:36 pm
Based on initial responses I clearly need to edit this and explain most of these are not "necessary" of course, but by far the vast majority of the population these days pay for. Also I don't eat out a lot...I see others almost always eating out and never cooking.
Inflation has been terrible but on top of that, the list of things we pay for is insane compared to just when I was a kid...not to mention when my boomer parents were kids.
Wifi/Internet - easily $100 a month
Cell Phones (just the device) - $20 to $30 a month per phone
Cell Phone Service (yes I will deduct the monthly expense we used to have with land lines back in the day) - Easily $100 a month more for a family as opposed to paying for one single house phone.
Cable/Streaming Subscriptions - Again easily $100 a month more for a family as opposed to old school basic cable or even free over the air TV
Music Streaming Subscriptions - $10 a month for minimal streaming. The old school radio was free and we had to enjoy what was on when it was on or change the station.
Travel - When I was a kid we took one MAYBE two vacations in a year...now families go on 3-4-5+ vacations in a year easily. That's thousands of dollars more.
Eating out Vs Cooking at home - Eating out was a special occasion growing up. Now cooking at home has become the unique special occasion. Again easily thousands of dollars a year more.
What else?
Inflation has been terrible but on top of that, the list of things we pay for is insane compared to just when I was a kid...not to mention when my boomer parents were kids.
Wifi/Internet - easily $100 a month
Cell Phones (just the device) - $20 to $30 a month per phone
Cell Phone Service (yes I will deduct the monthly expense we used to have with land lines back in the day) - Easily $100 a month more for a family as opposed to paying for one single house phone.
Cable/Streaming Subscriptions - Again easily $100 a month more for a family as opposed to old school basic cable or even free over the air TV
Music Streaming Subscriptions - $10 a month for minimal streaming. The old school radio was free and we had to enjoy what was on when it was on or change the station.
Travel - When I was a kid we took one MAYBE two vacations in a year...now families go on 3-4-5+ vacations in a year easily. That's thousands of dollars more.
Eating out Vs Cooking at home - Eating out was a special occasion growing up. Now cooking at home has become the unique special occasion. Again easily thousands of dollars a year more.
What else?
This post was edited on 8/14/24 at 12:45 pm
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Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:38 pm to sidewalkside
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Cell Phone Service
But now you don't pay for a landline.
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Cable/Streaming Subscriptions
Music Streaming Subscriptions
Travel
Eating out Vs Cooking at home
None of these are things you have to pay for...
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:38 pm to sidewalkside
I listen to the radio and I have a TV antenna. Ask me how you can too!
But to go with the thread, pork neck bones to put in a soup or sauce.
The butcher used to give these away. Now they cost as much as pork chops.
But to go with the thread, pork neck bones to put in a soup or sauce.
The butcher used to give these away. Now they cost as much as pork chops.
This post was edited on 8/14/24 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:39 pm to sidewalkside
Daycare - growing up I didn't know any kids that went to daycare
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:40 pm to sidewalkside
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Cable/Streaming Subscriptions - Again easily $100 a month more for a family as opposed to old school basic cable or even free over the air TV
Music Streaming Subscriptions - $10 a month for minimal streaming. The old school radio was free and we had to enjoy what was on when it was on or change the station.
Travel - When I was a kid we took one MAYBE two vacations in a year...now families go on 3-4-5+ vacations in a year easily. That's thousands of dollars more.
Eating out Vs Cooking at home - Eating out was a special occasion growing up. Now cooking at home has become the unique special occasion. Again easily thousands of dollars a year more.
You can easily go without all of these
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:40 pm to sidewalkside
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Now cooking at home has become the unique special occasion. Again easily thousands of dollars a year more
Umm, no. How fat a baw are you?
We eat out maybe 2-3 times a month
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:41 pm to sidewalkside
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What else?
Onlyfans subscriptions.
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:41 pm to sidewalkside
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- Eating out was a special occasion growing up. Now cooking at home has become the unique special occasion
this sounds like a you problem. better planning will eliminate need for eating out.
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:41 pm to Displaced
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But now you don't pay for a landline.
You clearly can't read.
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:42 pm to sidewalkside
How about private school, since public education has mostly gone to crap.
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:42 pm to Displaced
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But now you don't pay for a landline
Those land lines were crazy expensive on long distance calls.
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:42 pm to CaptainsWafer
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You can easily go without all of these
Yep. We have a big Want vs Need problem in our country.
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:43 pm to sidewalkside
Private batting coaches.
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:43 pm to LegendInMyMind
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Yep. We have a big Want vs Need problem in our country.
Agreed. We really only need things like food, shelter, and Onlyfans subscriptions.
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:44 pm to sidewalkside
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Cell Phones (just the device) - $20 to $30 a month per phone
Don't finance phones and you don't need one every year when the new model comes out. That's a simple fix
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:45 pm to sidewalkside
WiFi
12 million migrants
12 million migrants
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:50 pm to SidewalkDawg
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Onlyfans subscriptions.
Where else can I watch tatted up chubby milfs paint their toenails?
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:50 pm to sidewalkside
Generations ago?
Insurance: vehicle, home, and health.
Internet has already been mentioned
Insurance: vehicle, home, and health.
Internet has already been mentioned
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:51 pm to sidewalkside
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Wifi/Internet - easily $100 a month
LOL wut? I pay $45 a month and it’s fast as frick.
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Music Streaming Subscriptions - $10 a month for minimal streaming. The old school radio was free and we had to enjoy what was on when it was on or change the station.
Yeah, but now you can play anything you want, anywhere you want, any time you want. It fricks over musicians and art suffers because of it, but listening wise? It’s never been better. I’d spent $10 on a 10 track CD that I’d get sick of in a week. And I don’t miss waiting for a good song to come on The River 99.5
Posted on 8/14/24 at 12:51 pm to sidewalkside
This is dumb, most of those things you don’t need
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