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<blockquote data-quote="SWHandldr" data-source="post: 2660018" data-attributes="member: 114858"><p>If it comes to that, 3X minimum. It'll take that or more to buy an equivalent place anywhere else. </p><p></p><p>My grandfather was a Santa Fe employee over 40 years. In the 1930's, in the depths of the Depression, he was making $40 / week. He and Gramma built a new house in 1936, in the Texas panhandle during the depths of the Depression. In 1966, a couple years before he retired, he was earning >$10K / yr. </p><p></p><p>According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI inflation calculator, $10K in December 1966 is equivalent to about $90,600 now. They still lived in that 2 bedroom, 1 bath, wood-siding house. 1-car garage. Had two vehicles, neither air-conditioned. Gramma's was a '65 Plymouth Valiant. His was a second-hand '58 Dodge. They lived comfortably, traveled some, were secure. Savings account or two, maybe a CD. Their house had been fixed up but still had the original kitchen and bath. With a 30-year mortgage, it was paid off the year I graduated high school. </p><p></p><p>Saying 'Things were different then' doesn't begin to capture how different. We have lost more than we can measure when one has to sell at a multiple to replace what they have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SWHandldr, post: 2660018, member: 114858"] If it comes to that, 3X minimum. It'll take that or more to buy an equivalent place anywhere else. My grandfather was a Santa Fe employee over 40 years. In the 1930's, in the depths of the Depression, he was making $40 / week. He and Gramma built a new house in 1936, in the Texas panhandle during the depths of the Depression. In 1966, a couple years before he retired, he was earning >$10K / yr. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI inflation calculator, $10K in December 1966 is equivalent to about $90,600 now. They still lived in that 2 bedroom, 1 bath, wood-siding house. 1-car garage. Had two vehicles, neither air-conditioned. Gramma's was a '65 Plymouth Valiant. His was a second-hand '58 Dodge. They lived comfortably, traveled some, were secure. Savings account or two, maybe a CD. Their house had been fixed up but still had the original kitchen and bath. With a 30-year mortgage, it was paid off the year I graduated high school. Saying 'Things were different then' doesn't begin to capture how different. We have lost more than we can measure when one has to sell at a multiple to replace what they have. [/QUOTE]
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