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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Chasing lower prices? How about higher incomes?

NYT: "Per capita income in 1938; Average Figure Was $5l5, Compared With $679 in Boom Year and $376 in 1933 NEW YORK STATE HIGHEST Yearly Earnings Show a Mean of $822, With Mississippi Lowest With $205"