In 1970, I returned to college after four years in the USAF.

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17. I'm about ten years younger than you, and things were much easier than now.

After I graduated from college, while I was seeking a better job, I had a 40-hour work schedule waitressing at a local hotel. I had a consistent schedule. The job paid benefits, including fully paid health insurance.

When I got married we bought a house that cost $72,000, in our mid-twenties. That house sold a few years ago for nearly $800,000 - and the listing photos show the same renovations we made in the 80s! Not updated at all.

Salaries for most young people are not ten times greater now than they were 50 years ago, but housing costs are.

Something went terribly wrong and I know who I blame.