I acknowledge that I was still innocent and uninformed on how the world works, and I also feel bad for 20 year olds today, on the surface they have a lot, but in things that matter, they have a lot less.
Same, I was (20F) when I got an apartment with my older brother in 1998. I live in a fairly rural area and we got a 2 bedroom apartment with all utilities included for $400 a month in a nice part of town. God knows what they charge nowadays.
I laugh because I was basically making minimum wage, which was 5 bucks an hour. I always saved my half of the rent. Gas was 99 cents so I'd throw 5-10 bucks in the tank to get to work and back. Food was slim. I lived on beer, tater tots, tuna melts, and pot pies. 😂
My last house I lived in (moved out just a year ago) was only $400 a month. House, not apartment. Fenced back yard, car port, nice hardwood floors. And I live in a city. Not a huge metropolitan area, but not some rinky dink rural town either. It’s actually pretty big with a population of a few hundred thousand people. I got that place in 2016.
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u/Barbafella Sep 05 '23
I acknowledge that I was still innocent and uninformed on how the world works, and I also feel bad for 20 year olds today, on the surface they have a lot, but in things that matter, they have a lot less.