re: Millennials being squeezed out of middle class, says OECD

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What amount of money do you consider middle class?

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Household income of 60k-110k

If you can't find a job making at least 15/hr, then you have zero marketable skills as a human being and deserve what you get

Ruthless, maybe, but DO BETTER!!

Work harder, learn a trade, work an extra job, have a strong family nucleus... TRY!!

Point is...getting a decent house in a desirable area for 170k is not the national norm at all. The national norm is higher than that.


Sure there may be exceptions...but for the most part...170k is not getting you a decent single family home in desirable areas in most parts of the U.S.

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You can buy a house in metro Atlanta or Houston for 170k. Might not be the house you've always dreamed of but it wouldn't be 80 miles from civilization either

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Yep. My former coworker is selling his 350k home here (which is a starter home locally) and buying a home near Houston for 300k that looks like a mansion.

Still unreal what he can buy there

He said $170k and you're talking about $300k+. And you're talking about mcmansions too.

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There are tons of houses in Pearland under 200k

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Exactly 28 under $170k like you said previously.

I just checked Dallas under $170k. Oak Cliff and fair park have the VAST majority of houses.

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frick no. I make it a point to never be comfortable with the position I'm in. Don't want to become a fat, lazy frick who sits in a cubicle watching the clock from 8-5 every day. Never settle for not succeeding

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You really are immature.

You can enjoy the present (be balling) and still push yourself and your situation at the same time.

Happy heart attack.

(you will probably outgrow this mentality, though. Not appreciating the moment is common with most who are young. And thanks to darwin, most are biologically inclined to learn and outgrow it as they mature).

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And you're talking about mcmansions too.

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Dr Horton subdivisions. They are popular in Texas and have become popular here in the last 15 years. They really are shitty built houses. We used to live in one. There wasn't a 90 degree angle in most of them

I have a friend who bought a new townhouse in Houston under $300k and it's a new development in the middle of the ghetto.

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Thisis in the Houston metro for 195k

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Go look in a place like Des Moines. You can find good schools, job market, low crime and a decent house for 150k

Des Moines is a great place to live.