about their low salaries and high housing costs. I'm sympathetic for them to a point (especially about the housing costs). But one of them makes around $100k while his wife makes around $130k - meaning they have a combined salary of $230k with no kids.

Meanwhile I am on a salary that is just under $150k but my wife doesn't work and we have 3 kids. Sure their housing costs are around $1500 per month more than mine. But they are also making $6k more per month than me and have fewer expense outside of housing.