[mikkergp]

I do wonder how "needing things" has changed personal finance. This is obviously alot more complicated then I'm going to describe here, but there's the common trope of "don't eat that Avacado toast and buy an iphone and maybe you could afford a house." And this is obviously laughable given the rise in home prices, but at the same time, I think it gets at a certain idea that there are so many more expenses today than you had in our grandparents day.

Also, I think it's more vogue in modern times to charge for things that used to be free. My friends just went camping and it was $40 a night. What was that cost in the 1920's and how has that changed as a percentage of income over time.