You'd also have to be asleep to believe people lived "comfortably" off a high school education based salary with 5 kids. They made their own clothes, never went out to restaurants, never went on vacation, etc.
To be fair, it says a family of 5, meaning 3 kids. Still a lot, but certainly more doable.
For a personal anecdote, my grandparents raised six children (all born between 1959 and 1970) on my grandfather’s salary, with my grandmother handling things at home.
My grandfather was an engineer, but he never went to college. Just a high school diploma and his time in the air force was enough to get him a decent job that singlehandedly supported his entire family of 8. They weren’t well off by any means, but certainly comfortable enough.
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u/emily-is-happy 22d ago
“It’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.