To think it’s crazy that National Minimum wage is £27k

Unless you post the source.

Yes I know. We had one. Don't be so patronising by the way.

I keep sending you stuff about the UK actually. You don’t actually believe that Scotland is any different surely 😂

Here are some uk stats for you though:

Wealth — millennials vs previous generations

• £27,000 vs £53,000: Early millennials had median household wealth of £27,000 per adult in their early thirties, compared with £53,000 for people born in the 1970s at the same age.
• 20 percentage points: UK homeownership among households headed by 30–34-year-olds fell by more than 20 percentage points between 1986 and 2021.
• 55% vs 20%: Real public spending per pensioner increased 55% between 2004–05 and 2023–24, compared with 20% per child.
• £31,000 vs £18,000: Total annual government spending per pensioner was £31,000 in 2023–24, compared with £18,000 per child. This includes age-related services, not just cash benefits.
• 28% → 16%: Pensioner poverty fell from 28% in 1995 to 16% in 2023, while child poverty remained around 30%.

You keep sending me English stuff which has nothing to do with anything as we don't live there.

What a bizarre, childish, and actually quite rude response. Mumsnet is for everyone.

Honestly? My children would wonder why someone their age was on mumsnet.

I'm really struggling to believe this. I can't recall seeing people in their later years on the streets. Boomers are 60-80 now. That is not the age group that are on the streets. There are lots of officially homeless families though (in temporary accommodation) and lots of people in their 20s-40s approx on the streets.
It may be different in the US but not in the UK.

So only you can talk about age? Noted.

I am not going to argue with you about people who are in dire poverty. Does it bloody matter what age they are?

You're talking about them as if they are specimens in a Petri dish.

You keep sending me English stuff which has nothing to do with anything as we don't live there.

I’m not talking about my own personal experience…do you read my responses before replying?

I’ve repeatedly told you that the evidence is available, I’ve provided you with website links, suggested you google it to educate yourself, and yet you continue to disagree without actually ever looking and considering things around you.

You can argue until you are blue in the face that the grass is yellow because it is scorched in your part of the world, but it doesn’t change the fact that it is green everywhere else.

But like I said, you could even ask your children and they’ll tell you that I’m right.

If that is true, it doesn't actually prove anything. It's just an anecdote.
On a population level, Millennials are far less financially advantaged that their parents.

Can I ask how you are attempting to compare your wealth with your children's at a comparable age? Are you comparing the percentile you think you were in vs the percentile you think they are in on a population level? Are you comparing incomes, not wealth? Have they acquired this 'wealth' via their incomes alone or have they already benefitted from parental/other family gifts/inheritance?
It's really unclear when people make these sort of statements.

They'll say what I've said. You also have limited experience.

Average age of street homelessness in glasgow is 38... so no. It is older in Cambridge, but borderline of genx/millennial rather than boomer. Perception is an interesting thing.

Same in Glasgow!

It is in Cambridge. There are lots of old alcoholics on the streets. Have been for years. It may be because the city has a reputation for being relatively hospitable to homeless people, there’s a long established charity for homeless men there.

If you know that mortgage=debt, not wealth, why are you trying to pretend that all your children and all their friends are so wealthy? It's not actually true.

Yes I know. We had one. Don't be so patronising by the way.

It is in Cambridge. There are lots of old alcoholics on the streets. Have been for years. It may be because the city has a reputation for being relatively hospitable to homeless people, there’s a long established charity for homeless men there.

Are none of the homeless people you see malnourished and wearing rags millenials then?

Again, you seem to be equating 'great salaries' with wealth and taking on a massive debt (a mortgage) with owning a home.
Neither are correct.
Jobs can be lost overnight. Mortgages are debt.

I'm really struggling to believe this. I can't recall seeing people in their later years on the streets. Boomers are 60-80 now. That is not the age group that are on the streets. There are lots of officially homeless families though (in temporary accommodation) and lots of people in their 20s-40s approx on the streets.
It may be different in the US but not in the UK.

No not private school. We were both wc. Your problem is that you want all millenniums to be poorer than their parents and mine and all their friends are on
great salaries and own their homes.