My grandmother was a pre teen girl during the depression. They lived in Blytheville Ark. Said they never knew there was a Great Depression cause they was always doing for themselves anyway.
She did say one indicator was my gr grandfather went from an 11 chair barber shop down to 5. She had three brothers, and everyday they were out together sharing a bolt action 22. They picked muscadines, fox grapes, gathered walnuts, pecans, killed squirrels and rabbits. She said the best blackberry picking was on an island out in the middle of the Mississippi River they'd have to swim to it. They were gettin .08cents a gallon for blackberries. Said it went up to .15cents and wooo they thought they was going to get rich.
All in all she said they didn't want for anything. Had chickens running around everywhere and more eggs than they could eat. Had a big garden, kept a few hogs and had a couple milk cows. I think they were probably doing well considering.
