Re:Many Americans who live paycheck to paycheck blame debt
by tptacek on Sunday July 21, 2019 @10:55AM
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They did? When did that happen? My parents --- upper-middle class, college-educated --- started their family in a series of small apartments, and certainly never owned houses when they were single.
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Re:Many Americans who live paycheck to paycheck blame debt
by Retric on Sunday July 21, 2019 @01:50PM
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Most famously post WWII GI bill provided mortgages to a lot of people without a collage degree. It helped them get a mortgage but they still has to pay the bills. It even still only ~5% of the population had a collage degree yet home ownership was common.
Prior to this people would often live with their parents or other other family members, before buying or building a home. Though this was far less common around cities.