Quote Originally Posted by tforturton View Post
70s and 80s - easily, and for all sorts of reasons, but housing is the worst part.
I thought it was difficult buying property when I was in my twenties, but it's ten times harder these days.
Back then, I was earning £10k a year, so three times my salary and a 10% deposit (£3k) meant I could buy a cheap house.
These days, a cheap house is £200k, and even with a 10% deposit, you need to be earning £60k a year to meet the repayments. And what youngster is earning that? Half of them are on minimum hours contracts, where they can work a maximum of 16 hours. How can they expect to get a house, or raise a family?
Quote Originally Posted by MacAdder View Post
^^^this

I would add that you could pretty much choose the type of work you wanted to, even with minimal qualifications.
Many are now just happy to be earning, including those with degrees and dirty fat student loans to pay off.

Scary for kids these days.
Totally agree.
I left uni (well, polytechnic) in 1977 , debt-free. By 1979 I had a flat in LONDON for £14000. Can't get a shed for that these days.