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[OrlandoDem2]

54. My son is Gen Z about to graduate from a highly selective university and work in tech in Silicon Valley

He voted for Harris but his comments are distressing. He says his generation has given up on owning a home. The American dream is dead to these kids.

My son will be making a lot of money but we have a national housing crisis. As he put it, we are moving to a feudal world again where massive corporations own entire neighborhoods and apartment buildings and everyone just rents like the Middle Ages. He says that people his age figure it’ll be better to rent their whole lives and just save for retirement.

My home is almost paid but I have no incentive to sell to downsize now that my wife and I are empty nesters. Where would I live that’s affordable? That adds to the housing shortage. My home is way overvalued relative to what it is…3/2 ranch style home that exists across the country but I wouldn’t pay the market value for it. It’s absurd. So how would a person on an average salary afford it? And why would a person with a high salary buy it? Quite a conundrum.

We have ALWAYS been told that people vote with their pocket book. That’s what happened in 2024. People viewed inflation as Biden’s fault. I am not at all surprised by your dinner party revelations. They will view further inflation from the Trump tariffs as his fault and that of the GOP then vote accordingly in 2026 and 2028.

Trump won by less than 1.5% mostly because of the economy. Inflation is hammering people but it’s going to only get worse. Gaza was a blip on the radar. I love AOC but she’d get demolished in a national election. She should be a party leader but never the nominee for POTUS.

Again, nothing about your post is surprising, at least to me.