I mean it's not 100% your dad's fault. We have a whole generation+ still around who bought their first home in the 50's or 60's and earned dramatically more than the cost of living (basically as long as they were employed at all) from the late 40's to the late 70's, and even through the 90's things were shaped very differently than they have been the past 20-25 years. I think most of us have heard something similar from someone at one point.