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Hmmm lets see: back in 1980 I was making $2.33 @ hr. Considered good money. Rent was 300 @ month in Torrance for a 2bed 1bath house, groceries were <>$40 @ week. Howard paid my Health insurance which was "just fix it, cost aint an issue" car payments on a 78 dodge surfer van were $40 @month, insurance for me was $600 @ year on assigned risk, phone bill was $10. Think I didn't have cable.
2 years later, I had house payments on a no down VA loan @ 800 @month for a house 1/2 block downwind from the freeway in Hawthorne where I could bicycle to work, pay rate increased to 2.50 @ hr. Going to school full time made the house payments between work and VA benefits but absolutely no social life. Didn't care, had new wife.
Net difference: some things were cheaper relative to pay per hour, some not. freebeard probably has similar data same era.
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Last edited by Piotrsko; 12-15-2023 at 11:00 AM..
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