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isabella | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +15 
 The cost of living in 1931. 93 years ago. https://image.nostr.build/40d170de33c093f3866b564f40b50218b6819ebd32c8f6c45e5eb7204af0f26e.jpg
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mattaroo | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 America I assume?
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James Lewis | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Rent then: 9% of income
Rent now: upwards of 25% outside of metropolitan areas, or 50% in big cities
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James Lewis | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Not to mention people kept much more of their income, and tax is ridiculous nowadays.
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Daryn Cavalier | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I think you can still buy an alarm clock for $2.99
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Doc Orange | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 There are people alive today who were born before this. How on earth have they not looked back through the tunnel of time and realized something is catastropically wrong?