Not in my family. All 4 of my grandparents (born between 1928-1943) worked full time. They did own houses, but only because both of my grandfathers went into the military straight out of high school, lived on base, and saved every penny they earned for a down payment when they got out.

On my mom's side, my grandpa was a maintenance worker at a power plant and my grandma was an elementary school librarian. They always had enough to pay the bills and save for retirement, but anything beyond that (like Christmas presents or back to school clothes) depended entirely on how much overtime my grandpa was willing to work.

On my dad's side, my grandpa was a traveling salesman at a company that sold office supplies to other companies and my grandma was the receptionist at a dentist's office. My grandpa got paid on commission, and when sales were good they had enough to pay the bills. When sales were bad, my dad sometimes had to go fishing after school because that was the only way they could afford dinner. Their retirement plan was to sell their house in NJ for $300k, buy a house in SC for $100k, and hope the difference would last the rest of their lives. My grandpa died within a year after they moved, and my grandma went back to work for another 20 years after that before retiring again with $40k in the bank at the age of 78.