Re:'Tradwives' promote a lifestyle that evokes the 1950s
by zozbot234 on Friday December 30, 2022 @01:57PM
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My guess is that you're wildly overestimating the average 1950s standard of living. In many ways, lower-income folks have better lives today than even the wealthy did back then. You talk about healthcare, but healthcare in the 1950s was practically non-existent by modern standards. You can choose to live in a low cost-of-living area and your $62k will stretch a lot further than in any city "neighborhood".
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Re:'Tradwives' promote a lifestyle that evokes the 1950s
by rubicon33 on Friday December 30, 2022 @02:44PM
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I probably am overestimating the average 1950s standard of living. But I'd argue you're also overestimating how far $62k could take a family of 5 in CA. Even in the poorest of neighborhoods, far outside of city centers (where you probably wouldn't even be making $62k btw)... even then... I highly doubt you could support a family of 5, and I can guarantee that you would not be buying a house.
I maintain that both of these things were (generally) more accessible in the 1950s.