IMO, this was principally expressed in raised real estate price/value. Some of this is hedonic in nature; if you watch "Fargo" second season, you see in pretty

IMO, this was principally expressed in raised real estate price/value. Some of this is hedonic in nature; if you watch "Fargo" second season, you see in pretty good detail how people lived 35 years ago. I'm pretty sure this would be considered something much more like poverty now. Of course, I'd be ignoring any inflation in price of the homes shown, by design.