Property News · October 8, 2016

Younger people are worse off, so why don’t they rebel?


Going back to Madrid 30 years on from working there as a teacher, I realised today’s generation are far poorer than I ever wasI used to pay half a month’s teaching salary to fly home from Madrid on an ancient Spantax or Aviaco plane, press one 100 peseta coin after the next into a phone booth in Plaza del Callao for a few seconds homesickness-filled chat with my mum, and return to a cucaracha-infested apartment with no air conditioning amid the city’s blasting 40c heat. I’d thank the lord for Cucal (to kill the cockroaches) and for the VIPS cafe (the only joint nearby with aircon). How easy it would be to join the chorus of old gits and say, hey you young people with your iPhones and cheap Ryanair weekends, you think you have it bad? We had it a lot worse.Except we didn’t, really. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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