TL;DR: Americans now need to make $120K a year to afford a typical middle-class life and qualify to purchase a home. Minimum.

  • wowwoweowza
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    10 months ago

    Poor tax laws on the richest 1% killed the American Dream.

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      10 months ago

      Capitalism did that too. Capitalism is in a constant state of decline with short upward bursts of innovation that too will decline. Enshittification infects all.

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        10 months ago

        My wife and I manage it because we both work.

        I didn’t intend on marriage as a way to own a home but I couldn’t do it without my partner.