Its another reason I would rather be older than younger. My janitor dad owned what I would call a castle (it was beat up but huge. something like the begining of caddy shack where the main character lived) and my mom could devote 40 hours to a combination of housework and errands and managing the kids.
I’m afraid that if the things keep going as projected (and such technologies will help), our kids would be super envy of us having a mortgage-funded place of our own to begin with.
I also see that. as much as I would love to have been born earlier I clearly see being born later is worse and worse. In my parents time part of the "dream" was to own a home free and clear. I decade or so back I realized young folks did not even understand that. The dream was warped to be to just have a mortgage backed place at all. It feels like now its the eternal mortgage that doesn't do anything more but protect against sudden rent spikes. I foresee the dream becoming just renting a place of your own without roommates.
Sanyanov@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Exactly my point. When options for working more appear, there is more room for pressuring people economically, and they all end up working more.
HubertManne@kbin.social 1 year ago
Its another reason I would rather be older than younger. My janitor dad owned what I would call a castle (it was beat up but huge. something like the begining of caddy shack where the main character lived) and my mom could devote 40 hours to a combination of housework and errands and managing the kids.
Sanyanov@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m afraid that if the things keep going as projected (and such technologies will help), our kids would be super envy of us having a mortgage-funded place of our own to begin with.
HubertManne@kbin.social 1 year ago
I also see that. as much as I would love to have been born earlier I clearly see being born later is worse and worse. In my parents time part of the "dream" was to own a home free and clear. I decade or so back I realized young folks did not even understand that. The dream was warped to be to just have a mortgage backed place at all. It feels like now its the eternal mortgage that doesn't do anything more but protect against sudden rent spikes. I foresee the dream becoming just renting a place of your own without roommates.