The only thing I've really noticed day-to-day was that eggs have finally gone back down significantly, but that's a bird flu issue more than economy.
So... 1) A GIANT amount of money was stuffed into the economy, prices aren't going back to where they were. If you picture a simple economy of like 10 people where everyone has $10, and then suddenly everyone has $15, prices will also go up 50%, because the money supply grew. 2) Prices will go wherever the equilibrium in the market takes them. If people will pay X for something, why not get X? Why get 80% of X?
I think median household income where I live is like $107k. (Toledo, OH is like $40k, I know you're not quite in Toledo any more, but close). Most of the grumbling is about cars + houses + vacations.
Fundamentally, I think wages need to go up. Raising minimum wage would make a big difference in a lot of lives, for example.
Rent is getting weird. Corporate ownership of housing (apartments, houses, etc) is growing and has been for many years. This has helped raise housing prices a lot with the extra demand. And now, instead of buying houses, more people are becoming renters.
According to Statista, in 2021, 34% of U.S. households were rented, which represents 35% of the U.S. population. This number has been increasing since 2010