• DABDA@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Can’t speak for the veracity, but I’ve got two magnets with the following:

    1934

    Average income = $1,601.00
    Loaf of bread = $.08
    Gallon of gas = $.10
    Gallon of milk = $.45

    New car = $625.00
    New house = $5,972.00

    1958

    Average income = $4,650.00
    Loaf of bread = $.19
    Gallon of gas = $.24
    Gallon of milk = $1.01

    New car = $2,155.00
    New house = $11,975.00

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      10 months ago

      Interesting that pay tripled, staples like food and gas doubled, and the price of a car quadrupled in that time. Houses also dropped from 4x pay to 2.5x pay