There is a lot of information available online about rent, house, car, college, utility, food, and water prices over time in it's relation to inflation as well as it's relation to wages. And vice versa on all of that.
It is statistically harder for current 20-40s to afford anything then you did.
Statistically, accounting for inflation, they are paid less. They were required to get degrees that weren't required in your time. They paid more for college. Houses cost more. Rent costs more. Health insurance costs more AND covers less. Cars cost more. Food costs more. Utilities cost more
The most expensive items in someone's life --a house and college--are 3-4x more expensive when adjusted for inflation.
This is all very obvious to people who are not willfully ignorant. You boomers make up myths about gender studies degrees and avocado toast to feel ok about stagnating wages and skyrocketing cost of living. Quality of life is going down in America. It is getting materially worse to live here. That is the reality we grapple with while you fat boomers ride your Harley Davidsons around the all-white gated suburbs of Dallas Texas.