re: I reject the idea that young adults/millennials “have it harder” than boomers at that age

They have it tougher cause they are betas and weak minded

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Still just an excuse. No one makes you go to college. If it costs more than its worth... don’t go. If you think it’s worth the investment STFU and pay your bills.

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Dude, I am not "making excuses." It's very possible to succeed if you make good decisions. I am pointing out that millenials face challenges that boomers did not. I think boomers, on balance, had things pretty easier compared to the generations surrounding them.

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Yeah because baby boomers were always laying brick and learning foreign languages

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Generally speaking, doing physical labor was the norm.

that's what people did to get by.

On another note, half of Boomers still have to support adult children...

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Now tell me about college tuition putting you back a decade.

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That's so weird. Because my three kids don't/won't have ANY college debt. You know, because they made SMART choices.

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Yeah because baby boomers were always laying brick and learning foreign languages instead of watching Animal House.

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After high school I had a part time job at Hardee's at night, and a part time job some days, helping a man who installed water lines and septic tanks. He only had 1 arm and was a shitty backhoe operator. I did some serious shovel work, and learned to run that backhoe pretty fast.

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Cost $$$ to do that...

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Keep up man. Ever heard of free phones.
I graduated HS in 1960. Dead broke! Applied for a student loan. If I could come up with 200 dollars they would loan me $200.00. I got a dorm room under the stadium with the football players. I washed dishes at the University Cafeteria for room and board.
Yep life was a bed of roses back then.
I dropped out and joined the Navy because I knew the Military was going to draft me. Vietnam! I was discharged in 69. My wife worked and I used the GI Bill. So I spent seven of my life in military service instead of a student loan to pay for an education. Great country. There is a way if you are willing.

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I am pointing out that millenials face challenges that boomers did not.

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Ypure also leaving out all the ways they have it easier.

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I think boomers, on balance, had things pretty easier compared to the generations surrounding them.

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You’d be wrong. (And no I’m not a boomer)

Vietnam ? Pfft.
These kids can’t pay for their Lesbian Dance Therapy classes!
MUH UNIQUE MILLENNIAL STRUGGLE !

The primary driver of Boomer wealth, on average, was the increase in value of their primary residence. Not only had the cost of a "starter home" skyrocketted before Millennials reached adulthood, but those prices have mostly remained stagnant from that point on. So, fewer Millennials can afford a first home, and those that can generally don't see the property value gains of the generations before them.

The first home I can remember living in was sold by my parents about five years after they purchased it for over twice what they paid for it. And while I'm not at all knocking my parents, there was nothing about that house or where it was located that made the initial purchase particularly clever.

To ignore that driver of wealth for previous generations that is no longer, at least at the moment, available to Millenials seems myopic to me.

The poster earlier that said “they want what their parents worked for” hit the nail on the head. It all boils down to wants vs needs. For example, I bought a kuerig. My dad came over one morning and I made him a cup of coffee. After seeing how it works he asked me what the cups cost. “$7 for a 12 pack” I said. He just shook his head and walked off. When I asked what that was for he said “I can make an entire pot for $.50”. To me it’s those things that separate the generations. Dad and mom would drink coffee from a pot that cost $.50 while the majority of the younger generations stop by Starbucks on the way to work. Dad wears levi’s and Walmart shirts while younger generations by name brands. One vacation a year and weekends are spent at home working on small repairs (that younger generations pay to have fixed) or watching tv. Times and generations are just different. I personally didn’t attend college. I went the construction route right out of high school since I was already working as a helper during school. Worked sucked, manual labor out in the elements wasn’t ideal, but it paid $10 an hour. Fast forward some years and I now work for a larger company making 4x what I was still in the same field. So I know opportunities are out there. I see the people who chose to find them every day (none of which are college educated). Those saying life isn’t fair don’t want to work hard enough to better themselves. Lose the pride. Drive a older car, live in a smaller house in a not as uppity area, eat cheaper, be more frugal.