https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlhI9zsbpmA

Being able to afford to live alone is a prerequisite to supporting a family. This young GenZ lady is not in a terribly unique situation as compared to men of her age.

We need to look at the real numbers of real cost of living, even controlling for luxuries that we might be able to do without. Wages versus necessities only have dramatically declined since 1971. (Wait... what happened that year? https://wtfhappenedin1971.com)

The 2023 Cost-of-Thriving Index: https://americancompass.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/COTI_2023_Final.pdf

TLDR: the cost of housing, food, healthcare, transportation, and education have dramatically outpaced income for all demographics by such that overtime has become necessary for the majority of income earners to make ends meet.

These are real numbers.

Knowles isn't entirely wrong here. I quite respect him, but I think he doesn't give enough credit to the economic situation we're in. It's not only a brief slump due to Biden and the fallout from the lockdowns. It's a half-century trend.

I myself was somewhat blind to it a few years ago in 2019 when my business was starting to take off, but I was not prepared for what the next year brought.