I hear that a lot from my mother and father in law who are in their eighties. They are appalled at the prices and the differences in the quality of life for working class and middle class people now as compared to how it was when they were starting out as a young couple.
I hear it weekly from elderly people. My Mom in her late 70s just shakes her head. She knows full well the 40s and 50s and early 60s were paradise compared to what is now.