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Can't afford to pursue multiple major life goals simultaneously

Young adults struggle to budget for housing, children, and savings at the same time, feeling pressured by rising costs and generational expectations.

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What people say

• so my partner and i sat down again last night and ran the numbers for the third time this year and it still comes out the same way, we can afford the apartment or we can afford a kid someday or we can afford to actually save toward a house but not two of those at once let alone all three, and everyone older than us keeps saying it was hard for them too like that's supposed to help, and maybe it…