People rarely ate out because most people were single income families and there was one adult that had time for food preparation. Today prepared foods and eating out are a necessity rather then a convenience for most couples.
Food has also gotten much cheaper relative to what it was in the 1970’s. Some would argue that it has also reduced in quality.
Re:The tech bubble that never burst
by WalterBright on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @12:59AM
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Yeah, I rode in the back of a pickup with my friends on the freeway, too. No seats, no seatbelts. Nobody thought anything of it. It was fun, too.
One thing is that mom cooked all the meals. People rarely ate out. I know that was true in my family at the time. Eating out was a major, major treat. Entertainment was going out the door and joining up with the neighborhood kids. The house was tiny.
It all was perfectly normal.