Re:List of prices of medieval items (2009)
by mozumder on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @08:01AM
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> What's going on? It looks like that 1300's little folk was better off than we are
Not really. Your standard of living went up by a lot. The apartment you have today has air-conditioning, electricity, refrigerator, internet access, cable, indoor plumbing, R-30 insulation, etc. Then you have all your neighborhood/government amenities that you didn't have in the 1300's...
And you can buy houses in plenty of US cities for the price of 2 year's salary.
Not really. Your standard of living went up by a lot. The apartment you have today has air-conditioning, electricity, refrigerator, internet access, cable, indoor plumbing, R-30 insulation, etc. Then you have all your neighborhood/government amenities that you didn't have in the 1300's...
And you can buy houses in plenty of US cities for the price of 2 year's salary.