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Re:Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a ... by badpun on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @04:09PM (#35980591)
> Because the salaries have been stagnant since the 70s and the cost of living/existing has sky rocketed.

I couldn't find info about salaries per se, but average hourly wage in the US increased by around 800% since 1970.

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Re:Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a ... by logicfiction on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @05:04PM (#35981259)
and the median nominal US home value is up 1728% since 1970[1].

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS

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Re:Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a ... by andrekandre on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @07:20PM (#35982473)
does that count for inflation?

according to below, its gone up by 2 inflation adjusted dollars compared to 1979...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/185369/median-hourly-ear...

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