the sectional my parents purchased when i was a toddler featured prominently in my living for years after i graduated college.

it costed as much as a new car and clearly worth it.

it somehow got more comfy with age.

Nowadays if you move a piece of furniture more than twice, the whole fucking thing falls apart. Sure, they do sell well made furniture still, but each piece costs a month or more of your income.

In the 2000s our basement furniture was all 70s furniture that looked basically new but was very out of style.

My 3 year old couch cushions are sagging and the stuffing leaks out. Modern couches are priced as luxuries with quality worse than IKEA.