I guess keeping up with the Jones now means keeping up with their debt.
Oh please. Not everyone is trying to keep up with the “Jones’s” or anyone else. Things cost money and raising a family in many areas, mine is NJ, costs money. Some of us don’t get the freebies from the government nor would we take them if offered.
We live in this area because we grew up here and most of our family is here, our jobs are here.