Which is why the ‘pull yerself up by the bootstraps’ comments from older generations (I’m squarely X) are such total self-serving bullshit.  People younger than 40 or thereabouts have been hammered with huge inflation spikes in education, health care, housing, etc.  The comparison is that there is no comparison.  And…

Horseshit, I didn’t have two nickels to rub together or my first decade out of college.

So you’re 54, placing you solidly in Gen X, which the comment starting this thread points out had twice the wealth of a Millennial today. Congrats on being born at the right time, you remind me of a Boomer with these ridiculous stereotypes and assertions.

True, like the olds telling young people to pay back their student loans when the olds were legally allowed to file bankruptcy and clear their student loans that were much smaller as taxpayers funded much more of higher ed in the past. 

That’s true, and the cost of living has jumped significantly in the last few years alone following COVID. It’s not just cars and houses that have gotten more expensive but everything else too. Many essential things like healthcare, education, childcare, etc. Once you factor all of those costs in, then you start to…

Loads of comments from people that bought used cars decades ago and forgot or do not realize that car and home prices (even used) have gone up way faster than incomes for a very long time.

I guess it’s more of a fact that Everything else is also more expensive

It’s pretty simple.

But back in 2016, both my car brand new came out to a payment of 700$/mo. Now that’s it for 1 car thats a basic model as well.

How much stretching does it take to be able to perform this level of mental gymnastics.

“We haven’t seen numbers like these since The Great Recession.”

Indeed, especially when you factor in that public transit isn’t always viable, especially when one lives in/goes to a higher rent district. I took a look at what it would take to get to my old office (now WFH) which was about an hour drive normally but would be about 3 hours each way and would require walking about a…

I am 39 years old

Millenials, some of which are now 40, only hold 4.8% of all wealth.

And one automaker I’m not seeing mentioned here is Tesla.

Not saying you’re wrong (I literally have no idea what your individual use case it), but most folks only need hundreds of miles of range when road-tripping. Day-to-day use means waking up with a full “tank” every morning. Can’t think of many folks driving 200+ miles a day regularly.

Now on the road-trip front, the…

All cars are saddled by the 7% interest rate, data collection, and arguably the tech obsolescence.

You can get a tesla model 3 for 32k after the federal rebate. Thats the cost of a camry. There is nothing unique about EV’s when it comes to data. What you are saying makes no sense

I really didn’t need another reason to stay the hell out of Florida.

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