Just for reference, in 1980 60K is about 174K today. https://www.officialdata.org/1980-dollars-in-2016?amount=60000 https://www.officialdata.org/1980-dollars-i

Just for reference, in 1980 60K is about 174K today. https://www.officialdata.org/1980-dollars-in-2016?amount=60000 https://www.officialdata.org/1980-dollars-in-2016?amount=600... Also, housing is the one thing that has really shot up in price in many places in the US. Cars, computers, food, clothing and manufactured goods have plummeted in price. Education and health costs have also increased substantially.