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by yesdocs 1452 days ago
Welcome to the 50’s
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Without the economy
GDP per capita was <$3000 in the 50s

Edit: downvoted for stating a fact

Do cost of housing next
Right now median house price is 350k and gdp per capita is 70k (so 5x)

In 1954 median house price was 19k and gdp per capita was $2,400 (so 8x)

So yeah I’ll take the current economy please.

GDP per capita doesn’t mean much here, median wage would be a lot better.

Also there are a ton of different stats for median house price and 19k I can only find on a single source, the rest is a lot lower