Housing was a significantly smaller proportion of family budgets in the US during 1900 and 1950 — two years in which the US had seen over 10% population growth

Housing was a significantly smaller proportion of family budgets in the US during 1900 and 1950 — two years in which the US had seen over 10% population growth in the preceding decade: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/04/how-america-spends-money-100-years-in-the-life-of-the-family-budget/255475/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/04/how-ame... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_the_United_States#Historical_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_the_Uni...