Without a cell phone. You don’t necessarily need the $1000 phone every year but you do need a good phone for work. Internet is always a complete necessity.
Social media and online shopping has also become a financial burden. Instead of shopping at garage sales we now just go to
Amazon.
Furniture and appliances don’t seem to last as long either. We have an end table that was my wife’s grandmothers first thing they bought after they got married. It’s atleast 80 years old and still very sturdy.