This is f*kng ridiculous
Why do Americans think life was better 50 years ago? - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-06-20/americans-nostalgia-1970s-public-opinion
@lovelylovely
If any of LA Times' writers are younger than 70 years old, no wonder they find it a mystery. They likely flipped off Boomers instead of paying attention.
@ClaraListensprechen4 @lovelylovely
Lord knows it was not good for a whole lot of marginalized people. But there still was a middle class for us straight privileged whites. We bought a house in 1973. Paid for it on my salary as my wife has never worked ouside the home since i graduated from college in 1970 with no student loan debt.
And many black families too mine being one.
@lovelylovely @dbc3
Of course, but in terms of buying a middle class house, I'm sorry to report that "red-lining" remains alive and well today and in some areas on stearoids.
@ClaraListensprechen4 @dbc3 Absolutely, My parents bought there home in 1967 in the city of Gardena California until 2012.
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People also bought much smaller and cheaper homes for a period there. The whole "pre-built" home craze was around that time and they didnt quite last sadly.
@freemo @lovelylovely @dbc3
Well, the "pre-built home" phase began immediately after WWII but wasn't prevalent 50 years ago, I'm afraid.
But it did ramp back up again with housing developers' "community" house building which morphed into "home owners association" neighborhoods, gated communities and the like. Turns out that the original concept of "ticky-tacky" was good for commercial home builders.
@ClaraListensprechen4
Right we are talking 1950s 60s and 70s. It was at its height in the early 1960s
That aside, even if you compare to a brick and mortar, a modern day thermostat has more wealth in it than an entire 1950s home.
@lovelylovely @dbc3