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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.[/quote]

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:  [/quote]

That's very much the middle class life of the Boomers.[/quote]

Why don't you tell us more about middle class life of people in 19th century too  :roll:  This is more about technology and advancements that we now take for granted and are accessible to most, vs. before they were luxuries.  As a result of our advancements we now have higher standard of living and what you describe is poverty and hardship.  No AC, no adequate heating? No wifi (even the cheapest plan)? No airline travel at all?  Working poor, many of whom are immigrants are able to afford an international airline ticket to the country once in a while.

Why don't you also list a color TV as a "luxury"  :lol: [/quote]

Hey, I was in College before my parents had a color TV

Difference is you can now get a huge color TV for $200 and it will last you 10 years.  [/quote]

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