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I'd take options 1 in a heartbeat, my student debt would vanish and my rent in NYC would be almost nothing.

by quxbar 11y ago

Pyxl101 11y ago
Are you sure? You wouldn't have a personal computer, a cell phone, or the Internet. You'd have a rotary telephone in your house only. You'd have a TV that looks something like this: http://www.rewindmuseum.com/images3/hmv2647side.gif http://www.rewindmuseum.com/images3/hmv2647side.gif On that TV you can watch 1970s programming only. A 25" TV in 1970 cost $850 dollars ('77 Sylvania), which is equivalent to $5200 dollars today. I can hardly even find a TV that costs $5k today! For $4000 I can buy an 80-inch absolutely amazing Visio M80: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQO5HSE http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQO5HSE - and they don't even sell TVs as small as 25" any more. Your stove and refrigerator look like this, and work about as well as they look: http://airconvintage.com/antique/images/101_8149.JPG http://airconvintage.com/antique/images/101_8149.JPG You also have access only to 1970s automobiles, which are nowhere near as comfortable, quiet, and maintenance-free as today. If you're making this (hypothetical) tradeoff, then you're also limited to 1970s medicine and dentistry as well. Would you really choose 1970s medicine over today, too? There are some people who would make this tradeoff, and I can respect that choice if you are one, but most people would not. Most people would prefer to live in 2016 with the products and services available today.
- beccasanchez 11y ago
  None of those things make people happy. Childcare, healthcare, education, shelter, world travel, free time, organic food. Keep your trinkets and baubles.
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- collyw 11y ago
  Beer still existed in the 70's.
- quxbar 11y ago
  Yeah, really okay with that. Assuming I'm still paid a Software Engineer salary, I'd have enough disposable income for a then-new sports car (Corvette Stingray, thank you).

I'd take options 1 in a heartbeat, my student debt would vanish and my rent in NYC would be almost nothing.

by quxbar 11y ago

I'd take options 1 in a heartbeat, my student debt would vanish and my rent in NYC would be almost nothing.

Are you sure? You wouldn't have a personal computer, a cell phone, or the Internet. You'd have a rotary telephone in your house only. You'd have a TV that looks something like this: http://www.rewindmuseum.com/images3/hmv2647side.gif http://www.rewindmuseum.com/images3/hmv2647side.gif On that TV you can watch 1970s programming only. A 25" TV in 1970 cost $850 dollars ('77 Sylvania), which is equivalent to $5200 dollars today. I can hardly even find a TV that costs $5k today! For $4000 I can buy an 80-inch absolutely amazing Visio M80: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQO5HSE http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQO5HSE - and they don't even sell TVs as small as 25" any more. Your stove and refrigerator look like this, and work about as well as they look: http://airconvintage.com/antique/images/101_8149.JPG http://airconvintage.com/antique/images/101_8149.JPG You also have access only to 1970s automobiles, which are nowhere near as comfortable, quiet, and maintenance-free as today. If you're making this (hypothetical) tradeoff, then you're also limited to 1970s medicine and dentistry as well. Would you really choose 1970s medicine over today, too? There are some people who would make this tradeoff, and I can respect that choice if you are one, but most people would not. Most people would prefer to live in 2016 with the products and services available today.

beccasanchez 11y ago
None of those things make people happy. Childcare, healthcare, education, shelter, world travel, free time, organic food. Keep your trinkets and baubles.
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collyw 11y ago
Beer still existed in the 70's.
quxbar 11y ago
Yeah, really okay with that. Assuming I'm still paid a Software Engineer salary, I'd have enough disposable income for a then-new sports car (Corvette Stingray, thank you).