For young people that typically do these jobs, owning or even renting a place of their own is out of each in most of the country even if they work themselves to death and kiss the manager’s boots daily. The days of kids buying cheap used cars/gas and having fun on a minimum wage salary are long gone.
Most of the people I see working these service jobs now are older people that probably need health insurance and supplement for their retirement.
College is now a path to extreme pointless debt unless they get one of the very few high paying jobs through family connections or are autist programmers.
Some tradies and especially owners make good money but not everyone has the physical and mental fortitude to effectively work in trades. If everyone did, those jobs would pay nothing too.
Why work if they see no benefit and everything fun is priced out of reach? They sit home and do activities that are nearly free like pirated video games and cartoons. Waiting to inherit their parent’s assets.
Some tradies and especially owners make good money but not everyone has the physical and mental fortitude to effectively work in trades. If everyone did, those jobs would pay nothing too.
Don’t forget the trades in many areas are populated with illegals and the wage suppression that goes with it. 5 million over the border since the head case took office. We’re set up for the perfect storm.