Comment on Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate not seen since the Great Depression

• Skyrmir@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Those kids are playing in the market the Boomers created and set the rules for, before they were ever born.

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  • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Those rules were set before the Boomers were born too.

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    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s categorically untrue. The rules have been semi-fluid and evolving since the real estate market became a thing.

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      • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The real estate market became a ‘thing’ with John Jacob Astor in the 1830s. And yes investment rules change.

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