Gen Z are over having their work ethic questioned: ‘Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford a house’

return2ozma@lemmy.world · 20 hours ago

Gen Z are over having their work ethic questioned: ‘Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford a house’

Stovetop@lemmy.world · 6 hours ago

What are they trying to tell us? That housing used to be more affordable years ago and now everyone looking for one today has missed the boat? Because that is the reality.

Wages have not meaningfully increased for the American middle class, while unchecked inflation and scarcity has caused the cost of housing to skyrocket.

If OP worked two jobs to buy a house in 1980, they’d need to work three jobs in 1990. Or five jobs in 2010. Or nine jobs in 2020. And the market has not gotten any better since then.

Gen Z are over having their work ethic questioned: ‘Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford a house’

Gen Z are over having their work ethic questioned: ‘Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford a house’

Gen Z are over having their work ethic questioned: ‘Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford a house’'