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Bygone Era (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by balderdash9 to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They also did it on a single income back then.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Combining your comment with this sibling reply, you could say that individual income didn't drop by 1/2 relative to the cost of a house; it dropped by 3/4.