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@freakiness wrote:

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

Oh come on now....white goods were no where near the cost of todays.

 

In the 70's I was earning a modest $200 per week. First block of land was $11000, house was $20000, brand new car $3000

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They were not proportionally lower than today. In terms of wages they were worth many weeks wages. In today's terms most would be worth a weeks wage or less.

 

Our first colour TV was over $1000 in the 70s.

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