gurty1d ago

Gen X didn’t have it as good as boomers but they weren’t far off.

https://lemmy.world/post/44591154

Gen X didn’t have it as good as boomers but they weren’t far off. - Lemmy.World

Looking at house prices in my area and who would have been buying at the time. Gen X were still at the tail-end of the golden age and it really is only millenials and the generations that follow that have had to deal with the actual hardships following the economic changes. I see Generation X try to inject themselves into the discussion and they really shouldn’t.

Show threaddeegeese23h ago
Graduating into the dot com bust sucked, but just in time to buy a house and ride the 2004 bubble. Negative amortization mortgage, baby!
Show threadgurty
Did you get an interest-only mortgage or something? Because property value has skyrocketed since Gen X stepped into the housing market.
Mar 22 at 4:53pmWeb
Show threaddeegeese21h ago
I was being facetious and never touched those crazy mortgages, but GenX had their own series of economic disasters.
Show threadgurty20h ago
Fine, and feel free to continue to downvote me, but the difference from Boomer-to-GenX and GenX-to-the generations that followed is catastrophic. Its like saying “yeah, being handicapped sucks but I did break my ankle as a teen so we’re basically in the same boat”