Landlines, which were not cheap going by UK prices compared to operating a mobile today. Don't have figures but then couldn't afford one when I grew up in the

Landlines, which were not cheap going by UK prices compared to operating a mobile today. Don't have figures but then couldn't afford one when I grew up in the 70's. Then colour TV's. Much technology has got cheaper. Now real-estate and travel costs (well apart from plan flights I'd say) have got more expensive. But when rent and travel is a big chunk of life, and you measure things from owning a home. Well, those do skew things. Then you also have aspects of population growth, post-war, kinda fewer people, that soon grow to hit that real-estate boom. Also interest rates, was mentality of saving for things in 70s and shifted towards low interest rates and buy now, pay later. This also changed the landscape and again made those on the property ladder grow and push the access to that property ladder higher and higher. But rental and travel, those really are the skew factors at play. Need to compare quality of life really to get a bigger picture of everything, as that has increased in more aspects than people appreciate. Heck I grew up with no central heating, single pain windows which had ice on the inside in winter and an outdoor toilet. This was in the uk in the 70s. Today, that would be called homeless. So much improved, so can't distract from that difference either.