China. Much, much better, but it’s a bit unfair to compare someone who grew up in a typical modern society to someone who grew up in time of extreme poverty, subsistence farming, and famine…
Although, my parents did go to better universities & got better careers right off the bat due to a lack of educated ppl back in their days
Yeah, I think pretty much everyone in China is gonna have it better nowadays. No 红卫兵 to harass you, 开放改革 allows more movement. Freedom to emigrate.
People used to have to do farming, then it opened up to the world and cities have jobs.
My mom would not ever stop mentioning it. “Stop being so picky with food, when I was your age I had to help your grandma with the farming, we barely had anything to eat” 🫠 (Paraphrased from Cantonese)
She also said something like “你们已经很幸福了” … something something “要懂得珍惜/感谢我们”
Always trying to make me feel guilty.
I think when I see those “good old days” memes that westerners make, I’m always like 🤔
My parents didn’t get degrees and they managed to get an apartment in Guangzhou somehow…
Oh you know how people say 90% home ownership in China? I think those accounted for rural houses… which is kinda worthless since you can’t find jobs, so they go to cities then its the same thing, you need to rent an apartment. Most people do.
After we emigrated, my parents managed to save up money for a house in Philadelphia, PA. NYC was way too expensive so its impossible, rent was going up, so we had to move…
But the ramifications is that I get bullied a lot more often in Philly schools due to less Asians so more racism… lots of emotional damage…
“你已经很幸福了，很多人偷渡来的没身份，你能得到公民身份” is used to shut me up if I ever try to voice dissent at home
I mean I do appreciate how much better I have it, but my mental health is still horrible. Emotions just boxed up and suppressed all these years.
China. Much, much better, but it’s a bit unfair to compare someone who grew up in a typical modern society to someone who grew up in time of extreme poverty, subsistence farming, and famine…
Although, my parents did go to better universities & got better careers right off the bat due to a lack of educated ppl back in their days
Yeah, I think pretty much everyone in China is gonna have it better nowadays. No 红卫兵 to harass you, 开放改革 allows more movement. Freedom to emigrate.
People used to have to do farming, then it opened up to the world and cities have jobs.
My mom would not ever stop mentioning it. “Stop being so picky with food, when I was your age I had to help your grandma with the farming, we barely had anything to eat” 🫠 (Paraphrased from Cantonese)
She also said something like “你们已经很幸福了” … something something “要懂得珍惜/感谢我们”
Always trying to make me feel guilty.
I think when I see those “good old days” memes that westerners make, I’m always like 🤔
My parents didn’t get degrees and they managed to get an apartment in Guangzhou somehow…
Oh you know how people say 90% home ownership in China? I think those accounted for rural houses… which is kinda worthless since you can’t find jobs, so they go to cities then its the same thing, you need to rent an apartment. Most people do.
After we emigrated, my parents managed to save up money for a house in Philadelphia, PA. NYC was way too expensive so its impossible, rent was going up, so we had to move…
But the ramifications is that I get bullied a lot more often in Philly schools due to less Asians so more racism… lots of emotional damage…
“你已经很幸福了，很多人偷渡来的没身份，你能得到公民身份” is used to shut me up if I ever try to voice dissent at home
I mean I do appreciate how much better I have it, but my mental health is still horrible. Emotions just boxed up and suppressed all these years.