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by TuringNYC 1972 days ago
For all the folks commenting "oh, but you can still buy a house for 30,000 in XYZ city" -- no, when calculating inflation you have to compare likes.

If a loaf of bread cost $0.10 in 1950 and now you're like, well a slice of bread in Vietnam still costs $0.10, thats not really a good argument.