Not really. We struggled for years to keep up with our payments, sometimes having scary conversations with our bank to try and work things out. When I was young in the 70s my father wasn’t able to afford a house at all despite working two jobs, and having a college education because interest rates were just as high and wages just weren’t there.
One thing I’ve learned is that in 20 or 30 years, young people will be claiming that things were easier now, but things have always been hard as hell. Minimum wage has never even been close to livable wage.
It reminds of a conversation I had in 1991 with an 89 year old neighbor who told me, “don’t let anyone tell you about the ‘good old days’, things have always sucked.”
Not really. We struggled for years to keep up with our payments, sometimes having scary conversations with our bank to try and work things out. When I was young in the 70s my father wasn’t able to afford a house at all despite working two jobs, and having a college education because interest rates were just as high and wages just weren’t there.
One thing I’ve learned is that in 20 or 30 years, young people will be claiming that things were easier now, but things have always been hard as hell. Minimum wage has never even been close to livable wage.
It reminds of a conversation I had in 1991 with an 89 year old neighbor who told me, “don’t let anyone tell you about the ‘good old days’, things have always sucked.”