r/SipsTea • • 18h ago

SMH The advice didn't age well.

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u/big-williestyle 16h ago edited 15h ago

These posts all have the same issue, they completely don't understand how people lived. They see tv and the brady bunch all flying to hawaii and think everyone did that. I'm 51 and in my childhood eating out was rare, nobody flew anywhere on vacation and people drive the same cars for so long it's how you knew who was coming down the road. The only people I knew who "lived like rock stars" were single males who had no kids and had the boss job at the factory.

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u/born2bfi 15h ago

Not to mention land was dirt cheap because there was a US population of 100m less than there is now. Hey supply, meet demand.