What was affordable 30 years ago, that only rich people can now afford?

@Musicman All orchestrated in 1892 in Omaha, Nebraska.
https://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread412260/pg1

@NativePortlander1970 report said you need to make more money to buy a new vehicle than a house because vehicles depreciate and need to be replaced

@Musicman Add the frequency of having to pay for gas for those, like if you regularly drive in rush hour traffic for work.

@HotPizza71 I remember how holidays once meant going camping to the woods, packing homemade foods or going to cheap hostels, now it seems like almost everyone can buy a vacation by the sea, taking a plane, staying in a hotel with breakfast and dinner, tourist resorts and attractions are packed, it's no longer the relax and some kind of luxury but almost like the basic right for everyone where you have to fight to catch the ticket, come early to be able to get somewhere at all, then squeeze through crowds.. In Europe, it doesn't seem like people can't afford vacations at all. Everything is insanely overcrowded and all those people don't really look rich.

@Lilnonames Rum

@Sojournersoul I afford that🤭

@Lilnonames I know. 😂😂😂

@NativePortlander1970 Late 80’s I could buy $15-25 worth of groceries and cook with them and it was plenty. I didn’t buy much as far as junk food or soft drinks, cooked from scratch. When I was working at Walmart 13 years ago customers would leave the store after complaining that they paid about $300 for their cart full of groceries, now well over $400 I’m sure. I go to Aldis & Winco for most grocery purchases now. Even when I was working at Walmart I thought the prices were too high for anything processed and the produce & meat too. We had some competitive local chain stores that were good options back then. It was a Walmart customer that told me she was buying her groceries at Aldi in a nearby city. I started driving over there after I quit Walmart. Not much further than driving to the west part of my city to shop.

@NativePortlander1970 @cherokeepatti I'm single with no kids. I should be able to save some money when it comes to shopping for myself, but nope.

@SubstantialKick It’s really hard for blue collar working families with children. They may not qualify for food stamps and have to limit what they buy to the money they have to spend…unless they want to use credit cards and get themselves in debt that way.