Nearly half of adults under 30 live with their parents (Page 12 of 12)
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Originally Posted By 0311SKI: /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/th-463.jpg Im not crapping on an entire generation, boomer to me is like a fudd. Its a mentality more than anything else. Old or young, I can't stress enough that no one cares how much money you have, it doesn't mean anything. If people want to impress me with how successful they are tell me your kids call and ask how you're doing. IMO the ultimate boomer move is thinking that accumulating wealth should be the top priority in life. Originally Posted By 0311SKI: Originally Posted By lefty-weaver-g19: Having a million in your 401k at 50 is pretty easy I’m 52 and I know this as fact. I’m not sure if that’s what he means by being a millionaire at 50 though. One of the last boomers at work is set to retire. I like the guy we talk a lot and borrow tools from each other outside of work. He does fit the stereotype of boomers though. He literally watches paint dry. We both started at the bottom here. He did 6 months on that physical job before getting his current job. He sits in a chair and watches an automatic paint system. He pushed a button to accept the next formula as parts move along a line. The formulas were done by engineers. He has an assistant that mixes paint and changes it out for him. If it doesn’t work right he pushes the stop button and calls us to fix it. Then he hits the green button to go again. He makes good money but still bitches that others like maintenance make more lol. He has done this same job for about 40 years and of course has a fat gut lol. He also always mentions how younger generations need to pull up their bootstraps lol. His most common saying is fuck em I got mine they aren’t my problem when talking about social security etc. My two direct coworkers are 32 and 18 both phenomenal workers I trained them both. Their problem with boomers is they inherited a world better than their parents had and left the world worse than it was when they came into being adults while saying fuck everyone that comes after them. I’m 52 and on the side of the 32 and 18 year old in this case. /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/th-463.jpg Im not crapping on an entire generation, boomer to me is like a fudd. Its a mentality more than anything else. Old or young, I can't stress enough that no one cares how much money you have, it doesn't mean anything. If people want to impress me with how successful they are tell me your kids call and ask how you're doing. IMO the ultimate boomer move is thinking that accumulating wealth should be the top priority in life. Well the flip side of houses are too expensive is you don’t have enough money. I can see how people who don’t save would think everything is expensive |
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Originally Posted By PeoplesRepublicOfIL: I’m not saying you're wrong for doing that for your son, but don’t you think if this becomes the new normal it will continue to keep home prices high? If everyone has their kids live with them until their 30s so they can afford a costly home the demand will stay the same. If people weren’t able to do this the housing prices would eventually become more affordable for whatever the wages young people were making. In Chicago, there are a lot of two and three flat buildings among the older housing stock. Some in the inner ring burbs, too. Multiple related families lived in the same two or three flat buildings. Might be parents, grandparents, and one of the married grandkids. |
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Originally Posted By StevenH: Well the flip side of houses are too expensive is you don’t have enough money. I can see how people who don’t save would think everything is expensive Originally Posted By StevenH: Originally Posted By 0311SKI: Originally Posted By lefty-weaver-g19: Having a million in your 401k at 50 is pretty easy I’m 52 and I know this as fact. I’m not sure if that’s what he means by being a millionaire at 50 though. One of the last boomers at work is set to retire. I like the guy we talk a lot and borrow tools from each other outside of work. He does fit the stereotype of boomers though. He literally watches paint dry. We both started at the bottom here. He did 6 months on that physical job before getting his current job. He sits in a chair and watches an automatic paint system. He pushed a button to accept the next formula as parts move along a line. The formulas were done by engineers. He has an assistant that mixes paint and changes it out for him. If it doesn’t work right he pushes the stop button and calls us to fix it. Then he hits the green button to go again. He makes good money but still bitches that others like maintenance make more lol. He has done this same job for about 40 years and of course has a fat gut lol. He also always mentions how younger generations need to pull up their bootstraps lol. His most common saying is fuck em I got mine they aren’t my problem when talking about social security etc. My two direct coworkers are 32 and 18 both phenomenal workers I trained them both. Their problem with boomers is they inherited a world better than their parents had and left the world worse than it was when they came into being adults while saying fuck everyone that comes after them. I’m 52 and on the side of the 32 and 18 year old in this case. /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/th-463.jpg Im not crapping on an entire generation, boomer to me is like a fudd. Its a mentality more than anything else. Old or young, I can't stress enough that no one cares how much money you have, it doesn't mean anything. If people want to impress me with how successful they are tell me your kids call and ask how you're doing. IMO the ultimate boomer move is thinking that accumulating wealth should be the top priority in life. Well the flip side of houses are too expensive is you don’t have enough money. I can see how people who don’t save would think everything is expensive The entire point of the thread is helping your kids save by having them live at home a few extra years. |
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Originally Posted By StevenH: Well the flip side of houses are too expensive is you don't have enough money. I can see how people who don't save would think everything is expensive |
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Originally Posted By Silverbulletz06: We had an absolute trash town. The mortgage run up was the best thing that happened to it. Cheap houses brought middle class incomes. The town, which was dead and you didn't walk at night, started building up. Now it is craft beers, boujee resturants, and people walking around enjoying themselves. Many of the welfare rats moved out and the trashed homes got built up considerably. Friend bought her house for peanuts. The street had broken down cars in every other driveway, weeds everywhere, and the old homes were in disrepair. Now the same street looks like it belongs in the Hamptons. Hell yea. Thats the kind of story I like. You’re seeing that in several smaller towns right now across the U.S.. Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, parts of Florida (especially Tampa and Orlando). There are ways to get into an affordable home in 2026 but it takes a lot of dedication , creativity, and compromise if you don’t have a hefty downpayment. |
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