My dad was a migrant farm worker...lived near Cesar Chavez in Delano...so even

Feb 10, 2016
7:42:48pm

84 Grad All-American

adjusted for inflation, I make at least four or five times more than my dad did.

We were not Chavez/United Farm Worker fans, btw.

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Time

POLL: Are you more or less well off than your dad when he was your current age?

Hambone

2/10/16 7:15pm

Well, we've all got Obamacare available, so we are all better off, right?

Sandstone Cougar

2/10/16 7:18pm

I grew up below poverty so not hard.

soupie

2/10/16 7:35pm

I enjoy a much higher standard of living

Busiturtle

2/10/16 7:41pm

Amen! My dad didn't have cheap PCs, the internet, cell phones, MP3 players, etc.

Don't Muff It

2/10/16 7:59pm

My dad drove a BMW and fast back mustang,had a guest house

CarolinaCoug

2/10/16 8:26pm

Hate to tell you this, but your dad was a coke dealer. No way a social worker

monkeycowboy

2/10/16 8:28pm

Fail..look up the avg. home price etween 1976-1978 and the cost of a BMW

CarolinaCoug

2/10/16 9:16pm

Look at the median home size too...

molodyets

2/10/16 10:58pm

meh not tht big of a difference,like I said our house was large enough that now

CarolinaCoug

2/11/16 10:42am

here are a fe posts i linked comapring wages and cost

CarolinaCoug

2/11/16 11:02am

lol

GA_Coug

2/10/16 10:36pm

My dad was a migrant farm worker...lived near Cesar Chavez in Delano...so even

84 Grad

2/10/16 7:42pm

My parents built their 4k square ft home when they were my age...so no

cougarnerd

2/10/16 7:57pm

How old are you?

Slim

2/10/16 8:03pm

Spiritually speaking, I am not even close to my parents...

Mathew

2/10/16 8:04pm

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cvd6262

2/10/16 8:22pm

Ahead but I am ahead because I had a better foundation than he did as a child.

Baron

2/10/16 8:40pm

My dad was already a mid-level manager by my age making probably $60-$70k a year

Thunder Buddy

2/10/16 8:45pm

My brother is an accountant.

BYUALWAYSNUM1

2/10/16 9:05pm

Slightly better. My dad only had 2 Porsches, I have 3.

Kerbouchard

2/10/16 9:22pm

RE: Slightly better. My dad only had 2 Porsches, I have 3.

85fan

2/10/16 9:34pm

I pretty much suck at everything so I'm definitely much worse off.

FierceArc

2/10/16 9:42pm

Hey! you don't suck at being a pessimist or a Debbie Downer! Head up!

Bleeding Blue

2/11/16 11:03am

My dad was still single, so no

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