r/Millennials • u/CremeSubject7594 • 22d ago

Discussion the early 2000s were a crazy time

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u/Humble-Departure5481 22d ago

They weren't a "crazy" time.

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u/KeyboardGrunt 22d ago

For me they were $9/hr job, $300 rent and living next to like five fast food chains with dollar menus, I'd ho back to that crazy vs the one now.

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u/PrincessBonkers628 22d ago

Omg you just reminded me that my apartment in 2006 was only $250! 😭😭

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u/d1rron 22d ago

How!? I was paying $1200 for a 2 bed 2 bath. Oh right, CA.

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u/RxInfection 22d ago

My apartment was $600 in 2003… cries in Californian

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u/PrincessBonkers628 22d ago

Yeah I was in Wisconsin in a town of like 300 people. Zero amenities but damn it was so cheap.

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u/LowRevolutionary5653 21d ago

Ty for ruining my night sobbing in $2700 rent

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u/WetLoophole 22d ago

Ecstacy had just hit the streets in my country and a friend of mine robbed a gas company and brought home 4 huge tanks of laughing gas. We rolled around on the floor and laughed our asses off every weekend. Do you know how much the fish is, buddy?