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> everything is just generally "nicer". This is also a big contributor to the rising costs of: * Housing * Food * Construction Which all make regular appeara
by deanCommie 4y ago
> everything is just generally "nicer".
This is also a big contributor to the rising costs of:
* Housing
* Food
* Construction
Which all make regular appearances on HN as people wonder why they all cost more.
Safety standards are higher, quality standards are higher, convenience standards are higher.
Someone buying a house in the 1950's would have gotten an empty kitchen, no washer or dryer, no granite countertops, no detailing in the back yard.
Meals were simpler - 2 or 3 ingredients, mostly stock items, all local.
Roads and buildings are built to last longer, have fewer externalities, with more accessibility options for pedestrians, better energy utilization, etc.
- TulliusCicero 4y agoCars are enormously nicer and more advanced than they used to be, yet have largely just kept pace with inflation. Housing in Japan has gotten much nicer too, but rent has stayed fairly reasonable even in Tokyo (which is huge and has still been growing). Plus, even just the cost of land in the US is enormously higher now, ignoring any buildings.