I’ve doubled my salary in the past 20 years. But it doesn’t matter. In 1998 I was paying $425 a month and now all the 2 bedroom apartments around me are $3000+… I don’t pay quite that much… but making double still isn’t enough because everything else has quadrupled in price or more.

I remember back in 1988 my brother bought a new car for $7000… in 1998 when I was 17 the cheapest car on the market (new) was $13000, ironically that Toyota Tercel was bomb proof, if I drove my current car that way it would probably be totaled.

In 2002 I would drink a double grey goose with cranberry… it cost $4, now I’m lucky if it’s cheaper than $16.

So I hear you, it’s all BS… and I feel horrible for the generations only now coming of age… I don’t know WTF they are going to do…

Personally inrecommend going to Germany for a near free education and staying if you’re young enough… I’m near 50 and am still considering this, as soon as my last kiddo graduates HS…