I have these conversations with my adult son and daughter all the time. They are very frustrated at how expensive everything is today; especially housing. They do have a point. Cars and houses are much more expensive today than when I was a young adult.

And boy do they get furious when people say, "Move some place cheaper!". To that I'll hear comments like, "Oh sure, your buddy moved to the Everglades and got a job abducting children for a swamp witch. And, let me guess, it doesn't pay a lot, but he gets by!". Yeah, much hyperbole here, but they do have a point. My daughter is video producer. She put herself through school and worked very hard to get her job in Seattle. There is just no way she can move to Toledo and expect to find any work beyond cashier at a convenience store. My son is a brand manager for a distillery. Wherever the cost of living is low, the local market won't support a brand manager.