@Stahesh Gen X and Y did not just work single jobs. I'm not sure where this came from. It's just not true. I remember growing up learning about 2-income families and how that's how adults in Gen X were making things happen. They also had less divorce, so the incomes stayed together (though the divorce rate was noticeably skyrocketing). And the women understood the process of starting off renting, then buying a small fixer-upper home, and always having used cars, if 2 at all (usually 1).