Canada

I know. I'm in my 50s and feel I have more in common with insecure young people than with the contented boomers we hear about.

I think this every time with these articles.

Yes, I am that parent. I have no money for retirement, and I don't own a house, and my income is entirely spent on the family. I feel pretty insecure and a bit bad that I don't have the means to leave them anything when I die.

If that was the case then we'd have legislation that taxes property speculators - we do not. In fact I keep hearing how they want to protect "mom and pop" landlords, or how landlords are doing a service by providing rentals.

ONLY the provincial Green Party has proposed doing fuck all about speculators. Speculators became a larger segment of the market than first time buyers a few years back.

It really does look grim man. It does matter a bit where you live, but when i listen to my canadian friend, i feel like it's just like here on steroids. He always tells me how he lives in a tiny shitty apartment but pays like 1500 canadian per month and they want to raise rent by 400 buckeroos. Which over here is super illegal and it's also already too expensive. I pay 1600 a month for a whole ass house. I have friends who live in the city and they already pay as much for a really old not too big flat. I do often wonder how people afford to have kids, or what their plan is for the future.

Interesting regional difference

Always heard “happy as a clam”