Joseph Sholtes wrote:
> Truth is, when you scale things up realistically, cars cost the same as now
>as they
> did then.
I would say they are more expensive then they used
to be.
It's hard to get any reasonable car for less than
$20,000CDN today. A university graduate in a decent
program would be reasonably content to get a job
paying $40,000 today.
I would guess if you went back decade by decade, you
might find that a good solid first job for a middle class
educated person should pay more for than two fairly bottom
of the line but serviceable new cars.
It has been said that in the 60s and 70s, a single income
family where the husband worked and the wife didn't had
about the same buying power as a typical two income family does
today.
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