- Housing has gone up 50-60% in the past 3 years.
- Groceries have also gone up 30-40% along with restaurant prices.
- Despite the job market for professionals being the worst its been since 2008 you have the media gaslighting everyone talking about a "vibecession" and saying the economy is the strongest its ever been.
- Crime and lawlessness has been out of control, we are approaching 90's levels of crime in a few short years.
- Interest rates are the highest they have been in 30+ years, all loans etc are now very expensive(see housing costs as house prices have shot up).
- Arsonists running wild in California/Oregon/Washington causing record wildfires and releasing tons of CO2 into the air.
- Homelessness hit record high (up 12% from 2022 to 2023)
- All these things are causing a huge drop in quality of life and pushing people to the brink. So many people in my circle of friends - engineers, scientists and mgmt that are out of work I have never seen anything like this.