Comment on You are not living in reality if you do not see the huge difference between THEN and NOW
Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 6 days agoSucks for immigrants. I’m born rich
Comment on You are not living in reality if you do not see the huge difference between THEN and NOW
Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 6 days agoSucks for immigrants. I’m born rich
dryfter@lemm.ee 6 days ago
LOL I was born into a middle class family with at least one generation on each side born in the US. Dad worked at the local factory, mom was stay-at-home, had a dog, nice house, and two cars – living the American Dream.
Then all the factory jobs went away, I couldn’t handle college, and I job hopped for a while and got lucky landing a decent paying gig that lasted for 13 years until I went on disability. Up until then I was barely making ends meet living in a studio apartment with a used hand-me-down car that I got when my grandfather passed away.
Now I’m on SSDI and live in a subsidized studio apartment and rely on the city bus for transportation to appointments. Living the dream.
Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 6 days ago
What’s the value of your parents their house and how many siblings do you have.
You’re pretty fucked being American in that situation.
dryfter@lemm.ee 6 days ago
No clue what my parents’ house could be worth, they’re still living in it too. I do know they paid something like $30,000 for it in the 70’s and it might be worth 5-10x more than that now – if not more due to inflation. Cars were also $5000 or so then, and now the average price of a car is $30k-$50k on the low end.
Due to…several traumatic issues and for my own mental health…living with them isn’t an option and now that I’m on SSDI I can’t really take any of their money or it messes with my SSDI and I went through too much for too long to do anything to risk it within my control (government shenanigans these days might leave me without income and a home but that’s out of my control now). I have one sibling who has a family of their own much like how it was when we were kids but they are struggling to make ends meet in this economy too.
Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 6 days ago
Why do they stay in USA then. There are plenty of countries where one can earn a better net worth.
USA is an immigrant country. Non of you are natives. Do what your ancestors did. Leave.