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A common complaint of present day adults is that certain life goals (home ownership, education, gainful employment) were more attainable by the baby boomer generation. Is this actually true? Do the data actually support claims like "a janitor in the 50s could support a family in a 3 bedroom house"?

by /u/MKorostoff in /r/AskHistorians

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