Would be interesting to see just how much/what stuff a "middle-class American" had in say 1965. Cars, where the price fell in the average cost of cars of the time, number of TV's, number of phones, cottages etc.
Seems like what we feel like we "must have" to be comfortable these days is quite a bit more than feeling like "we've got a good life" back then. Hell there's a thread here where a guy has 5 TV's and is complaining.
I mean - just how much stuff do you need to be happy? Today vs back then?
Feels like we're less happy today - regardless of what our money is buying.
Growing up middle class was a house with a Chevy or Ford station wagon in the driveway.
Upper middle class (as in regular MDs, and other professionals) was a Buick or Olds in the driveway.
Only the rich had Cadillac and Lincoln cars...........and posers owned Mercedes and such.
We was an AMC Matador wagon fambly
Ain't nothin but a fancy name for a Rambler............................
y'all was puttin' on airs an sech.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
