Why do people think Boomers had it so good?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It’s not hard today if you live the way people used to. Live in a 1950s Wheaton rambler, No dinners out, no air travel, no cable, no air condition, heat set at 60, flip phone only mint mobile, no eating out, minimal Walmart clothing, used Nissan Sentra, use McDonald’s parking lot Wi-Fi, Walmart / Aldi groceries no name brands.

The money piles up and invest it.

Have some discipline like the boomers grew up in.

Is your advice to live the decades of your life in poverty, pinching pennies and dealing with the discomfort of extreme weather while earning well and putting away cash and hope to enjoy it in old age hopefully if you don't drop dead before you get there?

Lol that you think this is some sort of snarky takedown. Because yes, this is exactly how vast swaths of people have gotten rich for generations without unusually high salaries. Only it doesn't take until old age to reap the benefits - by middle age, they're well-off and can enjoy life and be sneered at by the younger generation who always has it harder in their own minds.

- A millennial

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It’s not hard today if you live the way people used to. Live in a 1950s Wheaton rambler, No dinners out, no air travel, no cable, no air condition, heat set at 60, flip phone only mint mobile, no eating out, minimal Walmart clothing, used Nissan Sentra, use McDonald’s parking lot Wi-Fi, Walmart / Aldi groceries no name brands.

The money piles up and invest it.

Have some discipline like the boomers grew up in.

Is your advice to live the decades of your life in poverty, pinching pennies and dealing with the discomfort of extreme weather while earning well and putting away cash and hope to enjoy it in old age hopefully if you don't drop dead before you get there?

Lol that you think this is some sort of snarky takedown. Because yes, this is exactly how vast swaths of people have gotten rich for generations without unusually high salaries. Only it doesn't take until old age to reap the benefits - by middle age, they're well-off and can enjoy life and be sneered at by the younger generation who always has it harder in their own minds.

- A millennial

A lot of the middle class people who end up with a couple million by 45-50 yrs old or more if they work until 60 are single and never had children. Children suck money out of your wallet faster than anything. They buy the basics they aren’t extremist without Wi-Fi or other necessities. They just aren’t materialistic and they save.