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Sears solved this problem more than 100 years ago: http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/1908-1914.htm http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/1908-1914.htm. I guess it

• thatcat 6y ago
  Yea I think it did briefly bc I’ve seen several sears homes around my town and they’re pretty stylish compared to more recent homes. I wonder what happened
• s1artibartfast 6y ago
  Really really interesting. The Model 147 is 900sqft and cost $872 for materials, estimated at $1,530 with labor.[0] Adjusting for inflation from 1914 to 2020, that is about $22,000 for materials and 40K with labor. Looking at 1913 US national labor statistics, the average baker in 1913 San Francisco worked 54 hrs/wk and made $0.46 per hour for an annual wage of $1,291[1] (or 33K in 2020 dollars) The median baker in 2020 California makes 36.5K/yr [2]. The cost of new housing construction is $220/sqft[3], or 200K for the same size house. http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/images/1908-1914/1913_0147.jpg http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/images/1908-1914/1913_014... https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/union-scale-wages-hours-labor-3912/union-scale-wages-hours-labor-may-15-1913-476866?start_page=79 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/union-scale-wages-hours-... https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Bakers&onetcode=51301100&location=94122 https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/oc... http://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/uploads/Hard_Construction_Costs_March_2020.pdf http://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/uploads/Hard_Construction_C...