The average house has grown in size, amenities and finish because the average buyer is more affluent.
But if you want to whine about an earlier generation paying less to get into a house at all it only makes sense to compare the scale and type of house that was being bought then.
For one last time, that is still accessible for those willing to lead the life and have the lifestyle that first-time purchasers made and had then.
Which really means you haven’t any kind of a rationale basis for your whining.
Ansd the same, once again, goes for college. Yes, the prices have risen faster, but a) lots of other goodies are tossed in, b) the basics can still be bought affordably if you’re willing to settle for that, and c) someone else is footing most of the bill for today’s college goers anyway.
We are comparing the average house then and the average wage then to the average house now and the average wage now. Like for Like. That house is a lot more expensive now than it was then.
Nobody is “whining” expect perhaps you who does not seem to want to understand that houses and tuition are more expensive now while investment returns have not been as good as they were then.
It is not as accessible now as it was then. It is still possible to attain if one works hard, is careful with their money, etc but its not as easy.
Which means your attempts to claim that the plain numbers don’t mean what they mean are laughable. Pretty much everybody who has done the comparison and who is capable of looking at the facts objectively agrees it is tougher now than it was then.
The same is true of obtaining a college degree or pursuing other education. It is more expensive now. I don’t disagree that a lot of stupid useless crap like a bazillion more highly paid administrators for things like “diversity” are what have driven those costs up but the fact remains it is more expensive to obtain now.,