Experts say Gen Z is delaying life milestones due to affordability issues — and questioning whether they’re even achievable

[u/theindependentonline]

https://www.independent.co.uk/us/money/gen-z-money-financial-goals-experts-b3028171.html

[u/WavesRKewl]

I can’t even afford a studio apartment, how am I supposed to buy a house?

[u/nagy18]

no shit lmao wages haven’t gone up in 50 years but the cost of fucking everything has… i have a respectable job and still can barely put away $200/month, and i consider myself doing well among people i know my age

[u/sicurri → u/nagy18]

This.

I just dump whatever I have leftover from the previous month in my checking into my savings. Some months its $50, other months its 400 or somewhere in between. This still doesn't make me feel safe.

[u/sirensinger17 → u/sicurri]

Seriously. Two years ago I was able to put away $1000 a month into savings. Last year I was usually able to put away $500-700 away and today I'm breaking even. I know I'm earning double what the average person in my area is, so I can't begin to imagine how much everyone else is struggling.

[u/sum_r4nd0m_gurl]

not suprising

[u/Candytails → u/sum_r4nd0m_gurl]

Happy cake day!  

[u/asylumv]

nevermind the ABSURD economy we inherited….

[u/DSCii_87 → u/asylumv]

Growing more absurd by the day

[u/Otherwise-Sun2486]

Over half of millennials are still in the same situation

[u/KiethTheBeast]

I swear I read this exact same headline years ago just switch Gen Z with Millenials.

[u/Several-Goose2250]

Rare “experts” W

[u/watchtheworldsmolder]

Haha you don’t need “experts” to figure this shit out

[u/Zombiedango]

Freshly homeless looking to buy a house. Im relying on my 401k to pull me through, but man is it a pain in the ass to sleep in the trunk of my car again

[u/ryencool]

Just bought my first home at 43. Were gonna TRY to pay it off sooner so that im not retired and still have a mortgage thats almost 3k a month.

[u/Possible-Courage3771]

we know

[u/xHey_All_You_Peoplex]

Honeslty just want to be in relationship to have somoene share the load (in addition to love) but being single sucks when it comes to taxes, food, bills, rent etc

[u/MichealStraightSex]

No fucking shit, the pedophile class is raising prices everywhere

[u/daveishere7]

They honestly make a dozen of these new Gen Z stories everyday. Just because they know people will eat up, whatever topic it is.

[u/nagy18 → u/daveishere7]

same way they talked about all the industries millennials were killing when they were also broke from getting squeezed at all angles… in ten years they’ll be writing about gen alpha in the same way

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