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cost of living 86 years ago (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by can to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

TBH food and postage appear to have been hella expensive.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Kurt Vonnegut's book 'Mother Night' takes place around 1965. There's a line where a shut in almost swoons when strawberries come back in season. Today you can get fresh fruit any month.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Even when I was a kid fruit was seasonal. Strawberries, blueberries, watermelon, pineapple, kiwi, etc. were all seasonal.

I remember being excited when my favorites started showing up in stores through the year. Watermelon was the big one and seedless wasn't the normal, it was great.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You can't get good strawberries out of season.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe you can't.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I suppose you could fly them in from New Zealand or Okinawa.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Mexico, Guatamala all of central and South America...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

You can get fruit out of season, but they're definitely not fresh.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

My mom still talks fondly of the first time she ever saw a mango in the supermarket. Nowadays I literally don't even know when mango season is.