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Inflation over the last 4 years has been about 20%, not 50-100% as your comment would imply.

Source: https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=1&year1=201911...

Maybe for people who already owned assets and had a stable living situation before 2020. If you're renting and had to buy anything expensive like a car in the last few years then your costs have more than doubled.

>If you're renting and had to buy anything expensive like a car in the last few years then your costs have more than doubled.

Source?

My rental has gone up about 18%.

Cars have gone up about 25%.

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/buying-a-car/people-spe...

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