It has ALWAYS been too expensive for the vast majority of Americans to rent their own place, for ALL the generations.
My greatest/silent generation grandparents never had their own places.
My boomer parents never rented their own place solo.
My Gen-X ass has only rented my own place for 1 brief 6month period in a VERY low cost of living area, and then again for a couple years after a divorce at which time I was 20years into a very high paying career, so I don’t think it’s a terribly valid example for the majority of Americans.
I’m not saying housing costs aren’t too high, they absolutely are! But this is nothing new. And frankly it’s annoying to keep seeing it posted and harped on constantly as I see it as a distraction from real issues that need to be addressed in the areas of housing costs, pay and healthcare costs that need to be fixed.
It has ALWAYS been too expensive for the vast majority of Americans to rent their own place, for ALL the generations.
My greatest/silent generation grandparents never had their own places.
My boomer parents never rented their own place solo.
My Gen-X ass has only rented my own place for 1 brief 6month period in a VERY low cost of living area, and then again for a couple years after a divorce at which time I was 20years into a very high paying career, so I don’t think it’s a terribly valid example for the majority of Americans.
I’m not saying housing costs aren’t too high, they absolutely are! But this is nothing new. And frankly it’s annoying to keep seeing it posted and harped on constantly as I see it as a distraction from real issues that need to be addressed in the areas of housing costs, pay and healthcare costs that need to be fixed.