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Old 08-27-2018, 05:47 PM   #214
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher View Post
And yet I doubt many Millennials would want to go back to 1978, buy one of those cheap bungalows when they're 23, start having kids immediately, and raise a family off a single income for the next 10 years. No airplane vacations unless you're a well-paid professional, everything from furniture to TVs to coffee makers cost way more (relative to income) than today, and going out to eat at a restaurant is a rare treat.
Or flip burgers at McDonalds for a $1.90 an hour like I did in HS. Then there's the double digit interest rates that came with those mortgages.

Look at the fast food industry of today and it's mostly staffed by TFW's doing work that ordinary Canadians won't do.
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