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I dont get the desire for huge houses - finding a nice 1500sqft home is hard - yes the extra space is great, but I gotta heat and cool that space. Beyond that
by Aloha 8y ago
I dont get the desire for huge houses - finding a nice 1500sqft home is hard - yes the extra space is great, but I gotta heat and cool that space.
Beyond that - in 1948, radio was something everyone hard, Television was a luxury, a home phone was pretty universal, owning a car less so, even electric coffee pots were seen less often - no smart phones, tablets or home computers - though many had a typewriter. People wrote letters frequently, as long distance phone calls were a luxury.
- phil21 8y agoThe thing is though the whole "kids these days with their fancy TV and cable and monthly bills!" is almost becoming outdated, and was only a "thing" for a few decades. Now I can replace all of that with a single device and single monthly bill - a device I need to have professionally anyways to participate in most of the economy. My slightly younger millenial friends probably have monthly recurring expenses not a whole lot more % of income wise than the 1940's. They pay for a cellular data package and have a relatively modern phone, and that's about it. A 52" flat-screen TV is less than the cost of a radio in the 1940's today - it's just not relevant.
- Aloha 8y agoI'd argue that the MRC that most people in the 20-35 range pay is probably about 25% more than it would have been in 1948 - in 1948, most people might take a couple magazines, the newspaper, and of course, their phone service. There is a convincing argument however to me, that the poor of 2018, have a better existence and are better connected to the world that the poor of 1948.