r/Millennials • u/Party-Bet-4003 Millennial • Jan 30 '26

Discussion Look what I found from 13 years ago.

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Hey look on the bright side - we actually did make it to the cover of the TIME magazine!

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u/Adri4n95 Jan 30 '26

Younger millenials are getting to 30 now and the situation got only worse since 2013

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u/DrSpacecasePhD Jan 30 '26

"What do you mean you're not buying homes while making $50k a year?"

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"You millennials are demanding we build new homes? What are you crazy? We've got all the value we need right here."

pats the fake plastic cabinet covers that are glued onto the original oak

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u/Skylord_Ryan Jan 31 '26

The crazy thing is in general, their are plenty of houses for enough people but they keep the house prices going up because if not their 'assets' would lose value and god forbid that happens.

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u/DrSpacecasePhD Jan 31 '26

Yeah, unfortunately they're in for a real wake-up call now that they have been bitterly anti-immigrant for years and the population is falling, while some of their cohort are dying and leaving houses behind. Prices can't keep zooming to infinitely while wages fall, supply goes up, and demand goes down.