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[quote=Anonymous]I was born in 1976.  I love being late Gen X.  Growing up in the 80s, high school and college in the 90s. I started earning good money right after the dot com burst so had that good run up, but yet wasn't wealthy enough to "lose everything" in the Great Recession.  We went to college when it was still somewhat reasonably priced and not so difficult to get into great colleges.  We have earned really well and our investments have done really well since 2009. I was able to buy my first house at a good time and have traded up since then.  Good music, now we have nice HS kids and our parents are still alive (luckily!), but as very late Silent Generation / very early Boomers, we do stand to inherit a sizeable amount from them.  But I especially thought coming of age in the 90s was so great.  It was such a peaceful and prosperous time, at least in my memory, filled with optimism and promise.  I have never voted for a Republican except one in a local election primary to prevent the MAGA type candidate from winning.  Definitely never voted for Trump.  I don't see people my age or slightly older as whiney at all.  Most of them are quite accomplished. [/quote]

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