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 threadDagwoodIII23h ago

Stop using artificial groupings to separate people.

Plenty of old folks who don’t have houses or retirement income, and there are Gen Alpha kids who are going to inherit billions.

Show threadgurty23h ago
Cool, great comment, but I’m talking about the general majority.
Show threadDagwoodIII23h ago

Don’t.

https://moneywise.com/news/economy/rate-of-homeless-baby-boomers-increasing

Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate ‘not seen since the Great Depression’ — here’s what’s driving this terrible trend

Experts have dubbed it a “silver tsunami.”

Moneywise
Show threadgurty22h ago
“Boomers are now contending with insufficient afforable housing” When? Certainly not when they were entering the housing market. All this says is that boomers can’t buy a house right now, much like everyone else. This article is barmy.
Show threadDagwoodIII

When?

Right now.

So, you’re saying old folks should jump into time machines and go back and make better choices fifty years ago?

Mar 22 at 6:15pmWeb
Show threadgurty20h ago
When the fuck did I say that? I’m saying it was significantly easier for boomers and GenX to buy a house during their prime years than for millennials and GenZ. Learn to read mate.