[immadashell]

But the majority of the young working folk can't buy real-estate.

If they can't buy something why infer the “cost” of something they aren't doing.

[dragnet2]

It’s an example.

How many do you know in their twenties and thirties who are buying half million dollar homes, having babies, buying cars etc?

[Antoninus]

But the majority of the young working folk can't buy real-estate.

Correct. They can't buy real estate on the east or west coast. But there are plenty of locales in the midwest and south where they absolutely can.