3rd Sep 2018, 06:24
Your claim is that you could never get a BigMac meal (medium fries, medium Coke) for a dollar. When I grew up in the 70ies you could when a BigMac for 50 cents, increasing to 65 cents later on in that decade. 99 cents BigMac meal deals were well into the 80ies.
1st Sep 2018, 16:24
In 1969 teen jobs were plentiful for high school students. I made 1.25 an hour at a sub shop, then 1.50 an hour at a pharmacy the same summer. I still remember a sub at the sub shop ran 1.65-1.85 average. My VW held 10 gallons of gas. So fill up entirely for under 4.00. Most parents put their kids in their auto policies. Finishing college I was able to land a job 1/3 of the actual value of my first house. But we all did 30 year loans. No parental help on house down payment like many of us had to do today with our own kids. So yes the cost of living was better then. I saw on TV 26 years old is the new 21 today.