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estearumlast Saturday at 12:31 PM2 repliesview on HN

No it hasn't.

Expectations are higher, competition is stiffer, and the gap between bottom and top end has grown, but by and large (especially in the US), the middle class quality of life has gone up.

Obviously specific regions that failed to transition out of low value-add manufacturing and agriculture have suffered, but the vast majority of Americans live in cities doing or supporting high value work.


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CuriouslyClast Saturday at 12:46 PM

It's not even competition anymore. It's a screaming void that deafens everyone, causing them to reach for the nearest "acceptable" thing just to quiet the endless cacophony of human struggling.

ChrisMarshallNYlast Saturday at 12:39 PM

> the middle class quality of life has gone up.

As long as you don't try to buy a house.

I see kids, right out of college, making more than I ever made, at the peak of my career, unable to afford a house.

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