Today in most places Monthly "Rent" way surpasseses the Mortgage Payment, Property Taxes & Insurance cover the Lenders...so even a Good Paying Job aint never gonna $ave enough 'Down Payment" get outta the Apartment Complex
Also ad to that those who are my Age in the 1980s/1990s ya could still buy a "Base Model" thats a Stick-Shift with Crank Windows..
The "Base Model" a new Car today it like a Mortgage Payment back in the 1970s/1980s
Also these days people dont even know how to pop a clutch smooth, nor roll down windows by hand..nor Engine Braking
Nowadays the want a Computer Screen in Dasch Board , put their feet on the dash, and play video games or text messaging Down The Dan Ryan Expressway too..
If thats what ya want Take the Bus or Ride The Train ya got No Buisness bying a car beiing on the 90/94 neither