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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world • 1 year ago

Millennials and Gen-Zers are pulling in bigger paychecks, but much of their spending power is fueling short-term purchases like groceries and vacations, not savings

www.nbcwashington.com

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Millennials and Gen-Zers are pulling in bigger paychecks, but much of their spending power is fueling short-term purchases like groceries and vacations, not savings

www.nbcwashington.com

@return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world • 1 year ago
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Young adults are getting used to living on a financial cliff
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Many young people came of age between two recessions, a pandemic and crushing student loan debt.
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      1/4!? hmu with your landlords #

    • @Holyginz@lemmy.world
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      Rent and utilities is more than one of my pay checks. Landlords are literal leeches.

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      Only 1/4th?

      My mortgage takes up 3/5ths of my take-home. =U

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      Jesus, just a quarter? I send at least two thirds to mine.

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      I just had to sign for an apartment that’s 47% of my take home pay. It was the cheapest in the area I could find and my work loves to say they are a “good job”

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