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[quote=Anonymous]You guys are describing my childhood as a white, middle class kid (boomer parents). Both worked as teachers, I was a latch key kid (whoever thinks teachers work bell-to-bell doesn't know any teachers), our summer vacations were one week camping and one week driving to the grandparents (no summer camps), and mostly hanging out at the town pool (not a private pool like what is so prevalent here).

I remember gas lines of the late 70s, high interest rates for housing, and other expensive items we didn't have.  We played kick the can and hide and seek with the neighborhood kids, no one played on expensive sport/travel teams, and all headed home when the streetlights went on.

My parents have pensions, so fortunately we don't need to worry about care for them (yet), but they are starting to lose it cognitively, and I don't think their pensions + social security will cover AL or memory care in the DMV.

The complaints about boomers definitely don't cover all of them.  As my late aunt said, "every generation complains about those who went before, and those who come after."[/quote]

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