> They had to take baths and use a mug to fill it with water and wash their hair.

Gasp surely not baths, however did they live?

> fiber internet and he tried to tell me I need it to keep up with the Jones’

You think the kids today can’t afford houses and families because they’re buying too much fiber internet.. and bragging about it?

You just sound horribly out of touch and given your anecdotes don’t know what poverty or hardship was back in the day or is today.

I wasn’t mentioning fiber internet as a reason people couldn’t afford a house. I mentioned it as a recent example I personally ran into, where keeping up with the Joneses was explicitly given to me as a selling point, and I found it ridiculous. If people are worried about this on something as trivial as internet speed, it’s going to carry through to where they live, the car they drive, the clothes they wear, etc.

"You think the kids today can’t afford houses and families because they’re buying too much fiber internet.. and bragging about it?"

Small things add up. When you buy the latest phone, best Internet connection, booze, weed, latest video game, and online subscriptions, You certainly can't save for a house. Many of the younger generation are really in an extended state of childhood.

I'm not even close to a boomer, and sacrificed all of these things to save for a house/my future. While I was doing this, friends I knew had the latest phone, went partying every weekend, and spent money on their hobbies.

Guess who can't afford a house now?

"You just sound horribly out of touch and given your anecdotes don’t know what poverty or hardship was back in the day or is today."

It sounds like you don't either.