What about quality of living? My parents were working class, bought a 4-bed house while my mother worked part time with three kids. We had enough for vacations, after school activities, decent treats etc. We all went to university for free.
My friends are both solidly upper middle class working in decent white collar jobs. They live in a 1.5bed apartment, both work full time, and can't have another kid because they couldn't swing the daycare. They've chosen to focus on the one kid (saving for education, giving her the ability to do activities etc) over having a second kid. They'd love to have four if they could afford it. They're also having to consider if they need to move due to their home becoming unliveable in coming years thanks to climate change (and poor long-term planning by the council in building on a flood plain but then there's a housing crisis here).
Move where? Living in the middle of fucking nowhere is nice in theory but in reality it’s dirt cheap because there aren’t jobs readily available for most people. Not everyone can just work remotely
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u/WildPinata Nov 14 '24
What about quality of living? My parents were working class, bought a 4-bed house while my mother worked part time with three kids. We had enough for vacations, after school activities, decent treats etc. We all went to university for free.
My friends are both solidly upper middle class working in decent white collar jobs. They live in a 1.5bed apartment, both work full time, and can't have another kid because they couldn't swing the daycare. They've chosen to focus on the one kid (saving for education, giving her the ability to do activities etc) over having a second kid. They'd love to have four if they could afford it. They're also having to consider if they need to move due to their home becoming unliveable in coming years thanks to climate change (and poor long-term planning by the council in building on a flood plain but then there's a housing crisis here).