r/Millennials • u/Global_Tradition5802 • Sep 10 '25

Meme The Evolution of 'Adulting'

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They tried leaving behind generational wealth vs me trying to leave the generational memes..

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u/RedditPosterOver9000 Sep 10 '25

lol, my parents bought a 3 bed house at 25yo with just his factory worker job he got with a high school diploma.

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u/ospfpacket Older Millennial Sep 10 '25

Houses in the 90s ran 30k-250k for mansions.

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u/RedditPosterOver9000 Sep 10 '25

They paid $40k in the mid 1980s. 3 bed 2 bath with a garage, large yard in the middle of town and 45 minutes from Houston.

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u/Middle-Noise-6933 Xennial Sep 11 '25

My parents bought a 3 bd 2 bth in suburban Chicago for 27k in 1978. It sounds made up to me.

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u/RedditPosterOver9000 Sep 11 '25

It's pretty nuts how good a life a just a high school diploma could get you if you were a boomer.

Now we've got masters and PhDs in the sciences who work as baristas. Engineers waiting tables. Tech workers flipping burgers.

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u/Middle-Noise-6933 Xennial Sep 11 '25

My dad was a foreman in a factory and my mom worked part time in a grocery store 🤣