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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People want more things now. Bigger houses, eating out, house cleaners, more than one car, vacations, college for their kids, etc. I don’t know if things were actually cheaper but you are not comparing apples to apples. [/quote] No, I have compared apples to apples with my mom, it's different. We do occasionally get takeout, which my parents didn't do much until I was a teenager, but they had two cars my entire childhood, which is a much bigger expense. They went on similar vacations (visiting family by car, camping) and saved for some but not all of our college costs, just like we are. The major differences are that they could rely on having a good pension from my dad in addition to their own savings, their health insurance was much cheaper, and their house cost ONE year's salary for 1.5x the space and much much more land than ours at more than 3 years' salary. Even if you keep elective spending the same, it's more expensive now.[/quote]
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