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Median income of household was $3300 table A https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1952/demo/p60-009.html https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1952
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Median income of household was $3300 table A https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1952/demo/p60-009.html https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1952/demo/p60-00...
Median house $7300 https://better.com/content/how-much-home-prices-have-risen-since-1950 https://better.com/content/how-much-home-prices-have-risen-s...
Today ratio is 5.1 https://housingalmanac.com/affordability https://housingalmanac.com/affordability
- s1artibartfast 2mo agoThat house was probably less than 2/5th of a modern house You can get a 500sqft in podunk small town for quite cheap. They weren't living in modern glass skyscrapers.