While working my clerical job for $1.50/hr. I lived at home with my folks for a couple years then moved out on my own. That was in 1974.

I got a job making stock trailers for $3/hr. My car payment was $100/mo. and my all inclusive rent for a decent 1 br apt was $60/mo. I had more money than I knew what to do with so l started saving a down-payment for a house (you could buy a decent 2/3 br house for $5,000 back then.)

Young people (all people) should be able to support themselves and its a crime what things have come to in America.