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Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working by tekla on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:57PM (#43213589)
Yep. A good friend of mine grew up to a very poor immigrant family, both him and his sister got full rides to good schools because of grades, and at age 30 bought a house in NJ with a very good school with 4 kids after saving non stop and living with his parents and taking care of them.

The system works fine if you don't need nonstop luxuries

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Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working by tmn on Friday February 28, 2025 @08:03PM (#43214291)
It’s really incredible how much people feel entitled to in the us. And by entitled, I mean they spend money on these things because it’s beneath them to think they shouldn’t have said experience or thing.
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Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working by ericjmorey on Saturday March 01, 2025 @12:15PM (#43221365)
Prior generation was buying houses at 20 with less skill.

I'm happy to see that your friend made it work for himself, but his was a much harder path than most people saw in prior generations.

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