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Life was better in the nineties and noughties, say most Britons (yougov.co.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom

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[–] Devi@kbin.social 46 points 7 months ago (3 children)

There were definitely worse things, but we all had way more money. In the 90's a person on a minimum wage job could get a mortgage, can you imagine?

[–] Aggravationstation 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Nope, can't picture it at all. Still blows my mind that a family of 4 could live on a single wage.

[–] Devi@kbin.social 16 points 7 months ago

Both my parents have always worked but I had friends as a kid whose dad worked low paid factory jobs, moms didn't work and they weren't really struggling. Not like you see today anyway, no food banks or getting evicted, they might have had the tesco no frills crisps.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago

It's crazy. I had many friends where only one person worked and they had two children and all bought or build a house. Now i look at my sister and her boyfriend with two kids. He has a good paying job and she works an okay job. There is no way in hell they could just buy a house

[–] Streetlights@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In fairness, the minimum wage only started in 1999.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In the UK. Right. (Source)

[–] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well yeah, as opposed to where?

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Welcome to Top - Last Six Hours!

Thanks for allowing me to briefly visit your community.

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Also the peak of contracting (before IR35) - there were plenty of tech workers on insane "salaries" just doing normal jobs.