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37 points

54k is barely a living wage these days. You CAN live on it, but you can’t expect to start a family or buy a house or achieve anything resembling The American Dream.

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8 points

Depends on where you live. Some parts of America are dirt cheap, including housing. Although those areas typically have shit wages too.

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Shit wages, shit school systems, shitheel neighbors. Like I said, far from the “American Dream”.

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Yep you definitely answered it right there.

Sure it’s cheap, but there’s no local opportunities and might be a desert for quality food. Much of rural United States is still not covered by (reliable / affordable) broadband, either.

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Dirt cheap places have dirt cheap wages.

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Im replying to your blanket comment that boomers in general have it easier which they absolutely dont. You like to cherry pick the happy ending stories where boomers sit on their manegerial high chairs like crying babies and choose to ignore that MOST people are struggling right now, boomer or not. Dont discredit hard work.

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The boomers had everything easier than we do today aside from the ability to gather information. This ability, by the way, is how we know they had it easy. They’re the true participation trophy generation, and honestly it’s hard for me to tell the difference between a boomer and a high end projector, since they both only do the same thing, it’s just the projector has inherent value.

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You want to live the official lifestyle your grandparents had? Move to Mozambique and dont look at the internet for 30 years. They are just starting to move to first world status (50 years ago) can get that good old fashioned projector/participation trophy you dream of. I am sure you can easily work your way to the top.

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Im replying to your blanket comment that boomers in general have it easier which they absolutely dont.

Maybe some boomers don’t now, but relatively speaking they absolutely DID have it easier when they were my age.

Dont discredit hard work.

I’m not discrediting hard work. I’m simply stating the fact that “hard work” 50 years ago was apparently worth more than “hard work” today.

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The person you’re replying to used to be named PatFussy.

I wouldn’t engage with them if I were you. They cleaned up their act a little bit with the new handle, but they still just routinely say dumb shit.

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