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

  • GiddyGap@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    the west was on the right trajectory

    A lot of the west is still on the right trajectory. It’s the US that is not.

    There are a lot of developed countries, especially in Europe, where the “American Dream” is much easier to attain than in America. But, more often than not, they don’t even want that dream. For good reason.