Who would not have wanted to retire, especially when one could be paid in retirement what you were making by working full time. However, he got no raises in retirement and position increases which could have jumped his annual salary up tremendously.
Like me, he is 76 years old (or almost) and is enjoying the life of retirement... being retired almost as long as he had worked. And, all he had was a Bachelor's degree from a small 4 year university in NYC.
The home he purchased 30 years ago for $250,000 is now worth 1.5 million... So, he could always sell his home and move into an apartment if he ever needed money.
He never had any student debt because his parents paid for his education... however, he went to college from 1966-1970, so the tuition was about $1,500/year... His entire tuition was about $6,000... and, he did not pay room and board because he lived with his parents, so my guess is that his entire tuition was closer to just $5,000.
Nowadays, it is about $40,000 per year to attend college which does not always include room and board. And, there is a question if the education today is as good as the education in 1966...
Of course, living in Canada is not always all smiles especially as we get older. The cost of living in Canada is more than in the USA. The quality of life is about the same as living in the USA. However, in the winter it is colder than a witch's tit in a brass bra... age does not do well in the cold.
You might be saying to yourself that life in the 1960s is not the same as life in the 2020s and I would agree with you. The options to a successful life are still there... one just has to look around and not wait on the government to take care of them all the time.
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