I know Ana I think I didn't make my point very well.
I meant that some young people want it all -big house, two cars, two holidays a year and indulge their children with clothes and expensive games and that's why they struggle, they don't cut their coat according to the cloth if you like.
But property prices are still an important factor. Our first house, an end terraced house in North Manchester, cost less than DH's salary at the time (he was a junior graduate engineer).
That house now would probably be worth £100k and graduate engineers would be lucky to earn £30k.