| Milennial not Gen-Z here: I see where you are coming I think your life experiences may be biasing you. For example: I have a computer science degree and I am far from bad off but I am one serious medical illness away from having to blow my retirement fund on medical bills or lose my house. And I pay $14k a year for that shitty medical insurance. Coding for 20 years, 12 since my college degree... still no Google job. And for the privilege of being in the top 10% I get to work 70+ hours a week and haven't taken a vacation where I haven't been called by my boss... ever... not even my honey moon. And I'm lucky, most of the people I know don't own a house or have a retirement fund or safety net. My father is in his 70s, has millions in savings but medical bills for his cancer will eat through almost all of that before he passes. I'm pretty sure the American dream was not to rent for the rest of your life, work 60+ hours a week, retire at 80, never take vacation, be called by your boss all hours of the day, and leave nothing to your kids because your entire life savings got wiped out in your last 5 years of life by medical expenses. And that is the life of an upper middle class family! 75% of the country has it worse. And that is buying a house 7 years ago. No way in hell could I do that today.. my house is now "worth" $750k... I paid half that 7 years ago but my pay is barely higher than it was then so no way in hell I could afford it now. When I bought $750k would have been a literal mansion. |