Millennial housing

you wanna elaborate on that?

Millennials (born 1997-Present) are between 0 and 23 years old - they are children, or have barely reached adulthood.

you dont know what a millennial is and it's hilarious, google that again?

I see, some groups call that "Post-Millennial" or "Generation-Z" - it all depends on who's list you look at. Nobody really agrees on where the recent generations cut off.

It still doesn't change a tremendous amount - the age range wasn't my only criticism.

My second criticism is the choice of metric used - median. Many people don't know what that means, confusing it with average. The youngest in that age range may still be attending school, so their income will be low or even 0. Using median is a dirty trick of the statistician. Most people confuse it with the mean, and it's usually close in a well distributed group of numbers - however, in order to understand the median number - you need to know the entire dataset. An average would be more reliable, but still would require the number of elements to determine what it actually means.

For example, if your dataset contains 3 numbers - 0, 100, 1000000. The median is 100, the mean is 500000, the average is 333366.66 - all three wildly different numbers.

Anyway, these things are hilarious to anyone who understands how statisticians use numbers and the ignorance of their audience to lie.

millennials and post millennials arent the same thing, millennials are going to be in their late 30s and 40s by the end of this decade, theyre not kids anymore
and since you criticize medians, here's the average: $35,592 per year, not that far off from the medians presented, coincidentally
all youve really done is show how old and out of touch you are with younger generations

That's what I'm saying - nobody agrees on those numbers. Where I saw the group named "post millennials" - the group of millennials was 22-37.

If your intent is to catch people in gotcha moments, generations is a good topic because the age ranges are all over the board.

Yes, I'm out of touch with younger generations, because I have a work ethic, I don't expect a handout, I've never received a participation trophy, and I'm not offended by anything (which is why my generation is happier than the younger generations).

you saying that your generation is happier than later ones likes thats a good look for this country is worrying
no, millennials arent happier than boomers. boomers didnt have ridiculous college bills and arent crippled by enormous debt. you guys grew up super f**king privileged, $1,000 per semester, a housing bubble, and you act like you had to work hard to get that well-paying job? you didnt even need a college degree to get one, and millennials have none of this

now im sorry if one of those things i listed didnt apply specifically to you, but as a generation, baby boomers had it easy, and are statistically more whiny than millennials

BAHAHAHAH, I'm not a boomer. I worked my way through college - full time job, night classes, weekend classes, no life, no days off, eating ramen and egg twice a day, riding a bicycle whenever possible instead of driving....you know, sacrifice. And that was after spending nearly a year homeless starting on my 18th birthday.

Would you like to know the secret to not accumulating massive debt? DON'T TAKE ON MASSIVE LOANS! Don't buy shit you can't afford to BUY. Pay off your credit cards and don't use them any more. Save your money to make large purchases instead of financing....

And yes, I had to work hard to get this well paying job. It took nearly 2 decades of working long hours at shit jobs, learning and increasing my skill level - and eventually I was able to start a business. I still worked a full time job for years while I built that business.....nights and weekends, no days off..... Now that I own my own business and work it full-time, I frequently work 60-90 hours a week.

Basically, nothing you said applies to me. I know many others like me - self made, no loans, no debt, hard working..... It's easy to not be a leach on society - do shit yourself.

achieving success in america without debt isnt easy to do anymore
i dont understand why you wouldnt support progressive policies considering what you went through to succeed, might have eased significant stress and sleepless nights you must have had, being homeless and everything. or maybe your success has made you callous toward your fellow human being? whatever the reason you oppose living wages instead of starvation wages, under the pretence that american success is entirely based on the merit of one's character, it's a bad one and you should feel bad
no one should have to go what you went through

I never said that I opposed raising the minimum wage - but all of the suggestions I've seen want it doubled or tripled. Up to $10 - sure, that puts it in line with inflation (just under) but doesn't put an insurmountable burden on businesses - but minimum wage isn't a living wage, it's a starter wage for people who haven't yet learned to be reliable and/or who have no skills.

Apply yourself (do a good job), and be reliable - you'll get a raise. One of my early bosses told me what I could do to make myself valuable to him - he said "keep your bosses boss off your bosses back" - and I took that to mean, don't let things go so wrong that it gets kicked up the ladder, and do things that makes your boss look good.

I couldn't count the number of people I've worked with over the years who were constantly late, cut corners and made mistakes, came to work drunk (or so hungover that they were worthless) - but thought they deserved a raise. There's a reason I'm not a cable tv installer anymore. I don't have to be - I passed those tests and moved on to the next level. Some people think the passage of time means they get to advance, and that just isn't the case in the real world.

I know people who have been stuck in the same job for 20 years, and when I inquire what they're doing - still smoking pot every day and getting drunk on the weekends. I worked to get where I am, and I'm still not where I want to be - so I keep working. I have things in the works that (if all goes according to plan) will allow me to start another business in May. If I see another opportunity between now and then - I'll pursue it too.... How did that old commercial go....."Life is not a spectator sport"

Those damn 15yr olds walking around with stacks of f*ck you money. Lucky jk