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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Whew. As a GenX, I didn't have any of those either. In fact I'm quite sure my Silent Gen parents didn't either. I don't know anyone who managed to pay off their mortgage before age 40 or 45 and the passive income only came as retirement funds after age 65.