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It really looks like you took a dollar amount from 1930 and started comparing it to 2024 money without adjusting for inflation.

• ceejayoz 2y ago
  No; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building says it cost $40M at the time, or $661M in 2023 dollars.
  • schaefer 2y ago
    thanks for the clarification.