Dagwood222
Read the rules.
If you want to argue the minutia of building codes of the past, I'm sure there's a sub for that.
I don't think that the 1960's life style was 'lesser' than today's by any means.
Check "Hell's Angels" by Hunter Thompson. There's a chapter where he runs down the economics of being a hippie/biker/drop out.
A biker could work six months as a Union stevedore and then go on the road for two years. A part time waitress could support herself and her musician boy freind.
There was a popular travel series. The first book was "Europe on $5.00 A Day." Eventually, they had "Paris..." "London..." and other great vacations all for $5.00/day.
Sporting events, movies, and concerts were much cheaper.
If you wanted distraction, there were book stalls and news stands everywhere.
When I make a random observation I like to put "[off topic]" at the start.
I make the $1.00 minimum wage/$11,000.00 house argument a lot because it so clearly shows how far down we've gone.
A lot of people try to refute it by pointing out how much "richer" people are today.
I was confused because I thought you were trying to address the main point, not adding an aside
See?
Yes.
That's exactly what I was saying
Unless you're trying to say that all the advances made since 1960 are a direct result of inflation, nothing you posit makes any sense.
Talk to the people who were around at the time, or look at books or essays.
Archie Bunker was often cited as a 'middle class' figure.
lemme technical comment.
I'm Dagwood and I was arguing that we'd actually had a 'middle class' where the average wage earner could move ahead in the world by working 40 hours a week.
Sohoriots was arguing that the middle class was an illusion.
I think you were trying to commnet to Soho and not me.
Okay?
You do know that there are people walking around your town who were alive in 1970, right?
That answer also works for Hooker School.
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