[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@JoshMHellman](/creator/twitter/JoshMHellman) "People with college degrees are doing door dash. The system isnt working"  [@JoshMHellman](/creator/x/JoshMHellman) on [X](/post/tweet/1948488404779373023) 2025-07-24 21:00:11 UTC 4491 followers, XX engagements "2 Housing: 🏠 Home price Then: $130000 🏠 Home price Now: $430000 Homes used to cost X the average salary. Now they cost XXX. We didnt get priced out because we gave up. We got priced out because Wall Street moved in"  [@JoshMHellman](/creator/x/JoshMHellman) on [X](/post/tweet/1948497755300618669) 2025-07-24 21:37:20 UTC 4499 followers, XX engagements "6 Healthcare: 🏥 Then: $1200/year (employer-covered) 🏥 Now: $6500/year average out-of-pocket Insurance is more expensive covers less and is harder to get if youre freelance or contract. Our healthcare system punishes independence"  [@JoshMHellman](/creator/x/JoshMHellman) on [X](/post/tweet/1948497771104743853) 2025-07-24 21:37:24 UTC 4499 followers, XX engagements "5 Rent: 🏘 Rent Then: $500/month 🏘 Rent Now: $1700/month You used to rent for a year or two then buy a starter home. Now you rent for a decade and pray the price doesnt spike again next spring"  [@JoshMHellman](/creator/x/JoshMHellman) on [X](/post/tweet/1948497767044731163) 2025-07-24 21:37:23 UTC 4499 followers, XX engagements "Young people arent lazy. The system changed and no one told us. So heres a side-by-side comparison of what life looked like for our parents in their 20s vs. what we face today. Adjusted for inflation. Based on facts. And its brutal.👇"  [@JoshMHellman](/creator/x/JoshMHellman) on [X](/post/tweet/1948497747918663783) 2025-07-24 21:37:19 UTC 4507 followers, 2589 engagements "3 Wages: 💵 Starting salary Then: $42000 💵 Starting salary Now: $36000 Wages are flat. Costs exploded. We make the same but everything from rent to insurance costs XX more. Thats not laziness. Thats math"  [@JoshMHellman](/creator/x/JoshMHellman) on [X](/post/tweet/1948497759050367036) 2025-07-24 21:37:21 UTC 4499 followers, XX engagements
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@JoshMHellman
"People with college degrees are doing door dash. The system isnt working"
@JoshMHellman on X 2025-07-24 21:00:11 UTC 4491 followers, XX engagements
"2 Housing: 🏠 Home price Then: $130000 🏠 Home price Now: $430000 Homes used to cost X the average salary. Now they cost XXX. We didnt get priced out because we gave up. We got priced out because Wall Street moved in" @JoshMHellman on X 2025-07-24 21:37:20 UTC 4499 followers, XX engagements
"6 Healthcare: 🏥 Then: $1200/year (employer-covered) 🏥 Now: $6500/year average out-of-pocket Insurance is more expensive covers less and is harder to get if youre freelance or contract. Our healthcare system punishes independence" @JoshMHellman on X 2025-07-24 21:37:24 UTC 4499 followers, XX engagements
"5 Rent: 🏘 Rent Then: $500/month 🏘 Rent Now: $1700/month You used to rent for a year or two then buy a starter home. Now you rent for a decade and pray the price doesnt spike again next spring" @JoshMHellman on X 2025-07-24 21:37:23 UTC 4499 followers, XX engagements
"Young people arent lazy. The system changed and no one told us. So heres a side-by-side comparison of what life looked like for our parents in their 20s vs. what we face today. Adjusted for inflation. Based on facts. And its brutal.👇" @JoshMHellman on X 2025-07-24 21:37:19 UTC 4507 followers, 2589 engagements
"3 Wages: 💵 Starting salary Then: $42000 💵 Starting salary Now: $36000 Wages are flat. Costs exploded. We make the same but everything from rent to insurance costs XX more. Thats not laziness. Thats math" @JoshMHellman on X 2025-07-24 21:37:21 UTC 4499 followers, XX engagements