After having watched a young man who I've been a sort of mentor to for over a decade I think that expectations of what's normal raise the bar too high. Even though his parents are hard-working frugal folks, his peers seem to set him up for trouble.

My young friend has had his (too expensive for him) car repossessed, had his (constantly yakking) cell phone shut off and so forth.
He drives a truck when he has a job. (Rolled one truck at 0mph in a case of bad luck tipover).

He can't afford the lifestyle that he thinks is roughing it.
He's not a bad kid and isn't working the system - he just doesn't know that he has to set his living standard even lower because of his pay scale!

What has happened to writing a letter instead of yakking?
What has happened to sharing a place with a bunch of other guys?
What has happened to choosing a place to live so you can walk to work?
How about packing your lunch?

etc, etc

I'm sure my parents said the same stuff about my generation. And that was true too! Escalating expectations cause a lot of trouble.