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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] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

To add to this, a new car in 1938 was $860 according to this, but essential information was left out. What that actually converted to in today's money $18,709.33 which is a lot less than what I'm paying today but only by about half. I don't disagree with wanting to get back to this point or better. But the picture seems to assume the reader already knows this?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

More important, some quick googling says that the average per-capita income for 1938 was $515 (new york per-capita was $822, Mississippi was $205), which another search says was just under $11k. That car would cost an atomic family close to 2 years' wages.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

my Corolla was less than $18k so I don't even think that's unreasonable