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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friend was a graphic designer. She’s now a bartender. [/quote] I was a graphic designer, started my first job in 1999 making $48,000. I'm now a lawyer. [/quote] That was a great salary for a graphic designed starting out in 1999.[/quote] Right? My first "real" job out of college (after spending two years doing shift and gig work because I graduated in 2008) paid $34,000. In DC. In 2010. Not that it's a suffering contest or anything but Gen X also got the last of the cheap houses in good locations. Most of my Gen X coworkers were able to grab rowhouses for $300-$400K in places like Shaw or Petworth. By the time my generation could afford to buy homes the ones at that price point were all either EOTR or in the far-flung suburbs. Honestly I'm thankful we were even able to get those (sorry Gen Z) but they'll never have the same appreciation or walkable development that Gen X got. [/quote]
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