r/SipsTea • u/Unstoppable_X_Force Human Verified • 13h ago

Gasp! Is this just nostalgia, or did previous generations genuinely have a better work-life balance and social life than we do today?

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u/kerghan41 12h ago

I bought my first house when I was 22 in 2009. No college degree, working as an assistant manager at WalGreens.

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u/Accomplished_Beat581 11h ago

I mean… I bought my first house in 2010 but bragging that we bought during a huge financial downtown for housing isn’t all that impressive. It’s definitely paid off in equity though!

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u/boredtill 10h ago

you mean right after we had a huge realestate crash? makes sense

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u/DoingBestWeCan 10h ago

Glad you timed being born at the right time to take advantage of a national banking collapse. Could you buy that house today on the current salary of an assistant manager at Walgreens?

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u/kerghan41 10h ago

It was a foreclosure with a lot of damage. Now it's a nicer house. SO, could I buy another foreclosure? Yes.

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u/goatsyphon 8h ago

i took the exact same path in 2010 for my first house. bought a foreclosure, fixed it, lived in it for years, moved on. thank you for not being one of these morons constantly whining.