How are Americans supposed to survive the next 30 years? - eviltoast

I live in the USA, and our future seems more bleak than it ever has. Is not about politics, although politicians do have an impact on it. It’s really about our quality of life, and cost of living, which has not changed for the better, it seems, in a really long time. The cost of living keeps going up higher and higher, and much of our country still believes that even with increased cost of living, there is never any reason whatsoever to pay people more. So for instance, a job that paid 10 bucks an hour in the year 2002, that same job might still pay $10 an hour now. But I think we all know that the cost of living has dramatically gone up from 2002 to now.

Even White collar jobs though seem to be threatened to now, which is not something I’ve ever seen before. Positions like analyst, engineer, business intelligence, revenue management, whatever you want to think of. Any corporate office job, people are suffering. The cost of living is absurd, buying a house is simply out of reach unless you have dual income and it better be nearly six figure dual income…

I just don’t see how Americans at large are going to survive the next 30 years?

  • mke_geek@lemm.ee
    133·
    21 hours ago

    buying a house is simply out of reach unless you have dual income

    Not in all areas of the United States. Houses routinely sell for under $200k in my city. There’s also many for under $100k.

      • Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        31·
        14 hours ago

        I haven’t checked since covid, but Philadelphia usually has at least a handful for under 100k and a load under 200k.

        Granted they aren’t in great sections of the city and nearly all are row homes with existing issues.

            • lovely_reader@lemmy.world
              2·
              2 hours ago

              I was struggling to find the right way to phrase the question, and I failed. I guess what I really wanted to know was: for a typical working class person, is a house at that price within reach? Or if you move there for the cheap houses and get a job, do you end up still barely able to afford the payments?

              • Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                1·
                51 minutes ago

                I had supposed that’s what you were asking, however I am fairly well removed from the job market as I have been for over a few decades now and so the reality of the situation is not near to my grasp well enough for me to know and/or be able to meaningfully give you any indication on how things actually are.

    • would_be_appreciated@lemmy.mlEnglish
      71·
      21 hours ago

      People say this kind of thing a lot, but I don’t really understand if they don’t have any family or friends, don’t care about their family and friends, or just think it’s reasonable to have to choose between your relationships and living in an affordable house.

      • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
        72·
        20 hours ago

        It sucks but you have to do what you think is best maybe the savings allow for some road trips to visit.

        • would_be_appreciated@lemmy.mlEnglish
          34·
          18 hours ago

          My household is in the top few percentile, we’re fine. I just think everybody else should also have the luxury of not having to choose between relationships and shelter.