• wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    The average home buyer in the US 17 years ago was born in 1968. Today? 1968. Yeah excuse me but as an elder millennial, Gen X can mostly fuck right off.

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      6 days ago

      You understand that gen x starts around 1965, right? Your stat says they’re mostly getting fucked too.

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        6 days ago

        And you understand that 68 is after 65? They’re not getting. Fucked, they’re the last ones to be able to afford housing ownership. If the average is 68 that means one side of the bell curve extends well into the generation.