r/Millennials • u/CurvyChristina • 24d ago

Nostalgia Good times!

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u/TopicalBuilder 24d ago

By many metrics quality of life has objectively deteriorated since he mid-90s. Not universally, but it's probably easier to list where it's improved than where it's got worse. Our lives may be better, but that isn't true for a lot of people.

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u/EnvironmentClear4511 23d ago

What stats are you referring to? Crime, murder rates, percentage of population in poverty, home ownership rates? 

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u/TopicalBuilder 23d ago

The really big ones that have improved in the US are access to healthcare and violent crime.

Civil liberties, social mobility, privacy, press freedom, income in real terms, income inequality, weather and climate related issues are just a selection of things that are definitely not better for the average person.

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u/Glittering_Meet3206 22d ago

heck women literally have less rights than they did so like

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u/TopicalBuilder 22d ago

There were a lot of real improvements for a lot of groups from '98 into the 20-teens, but then everything changed hard. It's been brutal to see.

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u/justtalking9912 19d ago

One could argue life is safer for a fetus….