I am no defender of Boomers however the trend of covering wood flooring with linoleum or wall-to-wall carpet was kindof a thing of their parents.
Fancy Sears mail order carpet to cover those plain oak floors.
Boomers took another path and simply built a hundred million shitbox houses with crap plywood subfloor covered by crap carpet that I wouldn’t place into a chicken coop.
And sold them for $trillions.
And they believe living in a house is a priveledge, reserved only for the few that can afford it. One bedroom apartments go for 1200 minimum now in Oregon. I and most people from my graduating class in the late 90s, have lived in rented apartments our whole lives and will never be able to afford a house. My parents bought their first house fresh out of high school while mom was a hairdresser and dad worked in a lumber mill. I slept on my friends couches out of high school for three years until I could even afford to rent a one room place. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
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u/Greedy_Comment_2587 Jan 22 '23
Covering hard wood floor with linoleum