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March_Latter t1_j1i33x6 wrote

Reply to comment by SLEEyawnPY in How people afford life in MA??? by [deleted]

The point you miss is yes, our parents in some cases had some money. Not the money you think was there but enough to live comfortable. But they all had at least two children and most lived deep into their old age. Divide by at least two and get killed with inflation for a while and big dollars become small dollars. My father was very well off when he retired. But he had five kids.

I think like most people you get your economic ideas from Hollywood.

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SLEEyawnPY t1_j1i3rgm wrote

Okay but not everyone 'round here in the year of our Lord 2022 had your personal dear old Mom & Dad for their family, or were even their buddies.

>I think like most people you get your economic ideas from Hollywood.

You said "I have no idea..." but I can definitely come up with ideas, at least. Not implying I know God's truth on the matter. But people who seem to be living significantly beyond their means often are and one of two things usually happens, they go bankrupt in relatively short order or the money comes from somewhere.

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March_Latter t1_j1i44s6 wrote

I think the most valuable thing I got from my well off parents is the ability to read and understand the English language. They never thought it was that valuable in the 80's but come the 2000's and that is a rare skill.

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