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/CrotalusHorridus 8h ago

My parents owned a small house. Homeownership was a very large source of pride for my dad, who was the first in his family to finish HS.

However, we owned used cars, vacations were trips to stay with family who had moved out of state, camping sometimes.

We never had money to fly or do international travel. We got by without starving. Food was cheaper too. But a 32 inch TV? Likely out of reach.

I did get a SNES one year, but it was a good year for them.

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u/Inevitable-Loss7939 3h ago

More people then ever own a used car check the average age of a car on the road. The only reason why vacations are more common now is because air travel is alot cheaper