So yeah, seems like despite some unfortunate liquidation choices by his parents just before the depression, they still retained enough wealth to make certain li

So yeah, seems like despite some unfortunate liquidation choices by his parents just before the depression, they still retained enough wealth to make certain lifestyle choices easy... > His parents, upon his graduation, had decided to give him a monthly allowance of $200 out of their earnings from Cobblestone Gardens, a substantial sum in those days. > It was enough to keep him going, and indeed it guaranteed his survival for the next twenty-five years, arriving with welcome regularity. The allowance was a ticket to freedom; it allowed him to live where he wanted to and to forgo employment. [1^] And $200 in 1937 gets you a fair bit of freedom (roughly $4500 in today's money) - sure, it's not private jet money but notable. And would have gone pretty far in Mexico and Tangier. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Burroughs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Burroughs [2]: https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1937?amount=200 https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1937?amount=200