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[quote=Anonymous]Grandparents (greatest generation ever).

Mother's parents were a carpenter and housewife, who later went to work as a bookkeeper when my mother was in 10th grade (1965): owned modest brick bungalow house in a respectable Baltimore neighborhood. One car. One vacation a year to Ocean City. Healthy savings that accumulated over the years. Social life was church and family. Put their only child through a private college without any financial assistance

Father's parents were a factory patternmaker and housewife. Midsize town in Pennsylvania. Owned a modest brick house on a large lot. One car. Vacation was seeing relatives in Florida or Ohio. They drove, never flew.  Social life was church and friends and family. Put their two sons through Ivy universities, small scholarships in both cases.

People's lives were much more modest and the measure of success aka the American dream was also modest. You owned your own house, you were able to save a bit of money, you had a car, you had the week's vacation at the lake or ocean or visiting relatives.

They were all happy people.

The American dream was very real. It wasn't defined by owning a mansion.

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