My corner of SD County is but a microcosm of the entire nation. I don’t see any poverty among boomers and beyond in the “flyover country” cities and towns I frequent either. I see folks who own their own residence outright (very often upscale homes they built themselves), often owning multiple rental properties, leased land for agricultural uses, leased land for oil extraction, multiple vehicles, including farm equipment, etc.
It doesn’t matter WHAT these folks did for a living during their “working years.” I can tell you that most of them never set foot inside a college (except to see their kids check in or graduate).
They have what they have because of the value systems they were raised with (they were able to live with less while they raised their families and built their “empire”).
The worker-bee groups today never adopted that value system. Hence, they are mortgaging their futures to satisfy their current wants.
