Why Your Morning Coffee Costs More Than Your Parents' Rent
A tongue-in-cheek economic analysis compared the monthly spend of a daily flat white with the rent paid by the average young adult in 1985, adjusted for inflation, and found them almost identical. The author says the point is not to shame coffee drinkers but to show how the cost of housing has broken every old rule of thumb. Coffee shops are unimpressed.
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What is your one daily spend you refuse to give up, no matter what the budget says?
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What did your parents pay for their first place, and what does that get you now?
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Is the "skip the coffee, buy a house" advice helpful or insulting?
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