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Re:Half of U.S. Homeowners and Renters Struggle to Afford Th... by Buttons840 on Friday April 12, 2024 @10:36AM (#40013432)
Maye people simply have fewer vacation days.

Objectively, vacation days have declined and home ownership happens later in life and people have fewer children (and more have fewer children than they want).

We're doing the same work and getting less for it.

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Re:Half of U.S. Homeowners and Renters Struggle to Afford Th... by gruez on Friday April 12, 2024 @09:11PM (#40019435)
>Objectively, vacation days have declined

Source?

>We're doing the same work and getting less for it.

If you're talking about absolute amounts, this is directly contradicted by the BLS data.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q

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