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> most people don't get a whole month off in the summer This is directly related to the population and labor supply issue. I call hooey on your claim it's sti
by kingkongreveng_ 17y ago
> most people don't get a whole month off in the summer
This is directly related to the population and labor supply issue.
I call hooey on your claim it's still possible. Quintupling the drive and substituting for nice house right on the beach a condo on a densely developed block is not what I'm talking about. There are barely any beaches that aren't over-developed on the entire east coast, anyway.
- astine 17y agoThis is directly related to the population and labor supply issue. No it's not. The American 'working class' never really got a whole month off in the summer. You are idealizing a non-existent past.
- kingkongreveng_ 17y agoThey worked much less, for sure. http://www.stateofworkingamerica.org/tabfig/2008/03/SWA08_Chapter3_Wages_r2_Table-3.2.jpg http://www.stateofworkingamerica.org/tabfig/2008/03/SWA08_Ch... And this ignores that one income supported a stay at home wife.
- randallsquared 17y agoQuintupling the drive? I guess "short" means a hour, for you. That is, a slightly longer than normal commute, for my co-workers. Are there beach houses even within an hour of most east coast cities at all? Atlanta is a major east coast city, and is over three hours from the coast. I live near DC, and I'm not sure I could even get to a beach in an hour or less. I expect the same goes for Philly, and having lived on the beach and worked in Orlando, I can assure you my commute was longer than an hour for that major east coast city, too. :) I guess what you really meant was that your mythical working class man could afford a condo in a skyscraper on the beach, since that's what would be within an hour.