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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Well, you only had to save about 2 years worth of wages to buy a new home (if you didn't spend any)

Doubt you can do that this day and age.

6 months to buy a new car. Which is about the same as now.

3 months to pay for Harvard. Now about a full year.