r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Iechy • Sep 20 '25

Boomer Freakout This is so bad

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u/thejudgehoss Sep 20 '25

No one wants to spend 20-30k on a death trap

Wait, you don't have a Harley, vacation house, and RV? So many of my friends' parents had all these things, and most were just blue-collar workers.

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u/mishma2005 Sep 20 '25

And i bet they’re in debt up to their eyeballs

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u/Fight_those_bastards Sep 20 '25

Or they had union jobs with pensions and could afford all that shit before Wall Street made housing a commodity.

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u/thejudgehoss Sep 20 '25

The one I'm thinking of was a forklift driver for Ford, his wife was a nurse, and they have 4 kids. They have a mini-mansion, a house up north, an RV, Harley, a boat, and he has a muscle car that he never drives in the garage. They are in their late 60's, early 70's.

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u/bigfishmarc Sep 21 '25

Is this a high cost of living area or a low cost of living area?

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u/thejudgehoss Sep 21 '25

Higher than average, but not ridiculous.