If you want to buy a big TV and a phone, now is the best time in history. If you want a college degree, some childcare, and some medical care, it's going to cost you a lot more than it did your parents.
The other problem is that even putting sarcasm about TVs vs. health care aside, things that increase in price by 125% loom a lot larger in your budget than things that decreased by 80%, just by the sheer numerical weight. Saving $9500 on a TV (not to mention you wouldn't have even bought such a large one if they weren't so cheap to begin with) doesn't make up for the house you want costing $100,000 more.
If you want to buy a big TV and a phone, now is the best time in history. If you want a college degree, some childcare, and some medical care, it's going to cost you a lot more than it did your parents.
The other problem is that even putting sarcasm about TVs vs. health care aside, things that increase in price by 125% loom a lot larger in your budget than things that decreased by 80%, just by the sheer numerical weight. Saving $9500 on a TV (not to mention you wouldn't have even bought such a large one if they weren't so cheap to begin with) doesn't make up for the house you want costing $100,000 more.