I originally upvoted the parent comment. But I changed it.

"The good ol' days" ... yeah, but good for who?

The good old days... that never were!

Life has improved for nearly everyone on nearly every metric. But if one myopically focuses on house purchasing as the only thing that matters and takes anomalous post WW2 period, then sure, things are bad (ignoring the fact that housing space and quality + amenities improved dramatically, but hey, who cares about nuance, we just love to complain!)