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Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:19 am to 1999
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Where would we be without the boomers. A generation unlike any other
I'm not quite a boomer and frankly there's plenty to complain about regarding Boomer policies that we still live with today. But the ability to afford an apartment ain't fricking one of them
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:20 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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compare racial demographics now to 30 years ago
Idk but I was in Shreveport so it was black as hell back then also
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:21 am to Cito2point0
quote:I had two roommates and ate Campbell's shitty bean and bacon soup. No cell phone no cable and a shitty old Caprice for a car.
And yet you were able to afford an apartment. That’s not the case today. That’s the issue.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:21 am to LEOPOLD2
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When I was 18 years old I was working full-time and I wasn't making minimum wage.
Sounds stupid. Why did you do that?
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I was a night stock guy at a grocery store back when that was a thing.
Do you think grocery stores stock themselves now?
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All of this while driving a two door Toyota Tercel with vinyl seats 4 Speed air condition but no stereo. My apartment was perfectly clean but it was less than 400 square feet. If you asked young people today to live like that they would have a complete fricking meltdown. But almost everybody I knew was living like that. I don't know who's telling these stupid fricks the fairy tales they are believing but it's downright comical to hear.
You think there aren't young people living modest lives today?
Why would you think that? Are you under the impression that all lower class young people are spending 7 dollars a day at some boutique coffee shop? They're not. That's the upper middle class.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:21 am to LEOPOLD2
The biggest fantasy is the whole “everyone should be able to afford a house” myth. I lived with roommates up until I got married and we didn’t buy our first house until after being married for a year with two incomes.
The only single oeople that I know who bought their own homes were over 30 in a solid job or had family money.
The only single oeople that I know who bought their own homes were over 30 in a solid job or had family money.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:24 am to jizzle6609
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They also don’t seem to go and get roommates anymore. It’s like everyone wants their own apartment.
I work with people in their 20s that make over 6 figures and have roommates
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:25 am to Powerman
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Sounds stupid. Why did you do that?
Abuse. I'll leave it at that
quote:these days most grocery stores stock during the day which is why you're dodging pallets in the middle of the day. I realize that's not 100%. It was just the rule back then that we stocked overnight. It's not really that big a deal
Do you think grocery stores stock themselves now
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You think there aren't young people living modest lives today?
I'm sure there are but they probably aren't the ones bitching about not being able to forward the average apartment on a below average salary
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:27 am to Jbird
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I had two roommates and ate Campbell's shitty bean and bacon soup. No cell phone no cable and a shitty old Caprice for a car.
I didn't have a cell phone when I had my first job either but cell phones weren't as common back then. Cell phones are unfortunately an integral part of living in modern society. Even a "dumb phone" might limit you from participating in a lot of the modern world. And I'm one of those old crotchety bastards that thinks people spend too much time on their phone so I'm not advocating for that type of behavior.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:27 am to Powerman
quote:I guess I need to clarify. When I say I wasn't making minimum wage I mean I was making much better than minimum wage. I will edit to make it more clear
Sounds stupid. Why did you do that
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:30 am to LEOPOLD2
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Abuse. I'll leave it at that
Sorry to hear that. That reframes my opinion.
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these days most grocery stores stock during the day which is why you're dodging pallets in the middle of the day. I realize that's not 100%. It was just the rule back then that we stocked overnight. It's not really that big a deal
Probably more practical to keep most of the operation running during daytime hours even if it causes some inconvenience to the shoppers
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I'm sure there are but they probably aren't the ones bitching about not being able to forward the average apartment on a below average salary
Yeah I hear you. It's really more of a supply issue IMO. Nimby's are a big part of that. It's not easy to get high density housing built in some areas. The geritocracy is a real thing (referring to people much older than yourself)
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:30 am to LEOPOLD2
I got married in 1992 after 3 years in the army. I was 21 years old. No bad habits no drinking, etc. I got a job working in a hospital and a second job on the weekend.
One bedroom apartment, one car. Some weeks, we had to eat potatoes as it was the only thing we could afford. It got really fancy when we could afford Lipton dried soup packets to flavor our spuds.
I started trade school and got a construction job at minimum wage. I worked all day, went to school all night and worked a second job on the weekends.
The one bedroom apartment raised our rent 25 dollars and we had to move to a dumpier apt. I graduated trade school and then had to move 800 miles north for a job in my field making 10.25 an hour. I felt rich.
If someone had it easy, it sure as hell wasn’t me.
One bedroom apartment, one car. Some weeks, we had to eat potatoes as it was the only thing we could afford. It got really fancy when we could afford Lipton dried soup packets to flavor our spuds.
I started trade school and got a construction job at minimum wage. I worked all day, went to school all night and worked a second job on the weekends.
The one bedroom apartment raised our rent 25 dollars and we had to move to a dumpier apt. I graduated trade school and then had to move 800 miles north for a job in my field making 10.25 an hour. I felt rich.
If someone had it easy, it sure as hell wasn’t me.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:31 am to Powerman
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I didn't have a cell phone when I had my first job either but cell phones weren't as common back then. Cell phones are unfortunately an integral part of living in modern society. Even a "dumb phone" might limit you from participating in a lot of the modern world. And I'm one of those old crotchety bastards that thinks people spend too much time on their phone so I'm not advocating for that type of behavior.
The point isn't that being young and poor is somehow drastically better today. It's that it's not really that much different than it was for us. So them all running around with these stupid fricking memes that seem to imply we were living on Easy Street is just silly. I'm sure it sucks arse just about as bad now as it did then. But frankly we were having the time of our lives! I was at the beach every fricking weekend chasing arse. Along with all of my similar friends. We weren't in some sort of State of Shock that we were living broke. We expected it
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:31 am to T1gerNate
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Wow you really had it hard. You are really a hero for lifting yourself up by your bootstraps. Congratulations on all your success Boomer.
GFY, Nate. You fricking whiners are faced with the same issues we were faced with. We all came into the world with nothing. It is on you if you can't find a way to make yourself useful enough to live the lifestyle that you want. Think more and bitch less.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:32 am to LakeCharles
love these threads Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:33 am to gaetti15
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love these threads
Probably because you believe the fairy tale and want to hold on to it
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:37 am to LEOPOLD2
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Probably because you believe the fairy tale and want to hold on to it
Which fairy tale would that be?
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:39 am to LEOPOLD2
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This is plainly false. It's like you dumbasses are fricking immune to information. I could afford an apartment I just couldn't afford the average apartment. You stupid frick seem to think you're supposed to be able to afford the average apartment on below average pay. None of us thought that
A cheap apartment in this area is like $800. A full time 2 week paycheck making minimum wage doesn’t cover half of that. Hell making $10/hr isn’t going to make it much better. Most hourly jobs don’t schedule people more than 35 hours a week.
Add in utilities, transportation to and from work, groceries that’s not much money to live on.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:41 am to Cito2point0
quote:Sounds familiar.
that’s not much money to live on.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 10:42 am to LakeCharles
quote:the fairy tale that 40 or more years ago it was somehow easy to live on a broke arse job
Which fairy tale would that be
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