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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
Bh, my completely unscientific and unverifiable method - my own eyes - agrees completely with your original post.
All the old timers here are groaning 
Back when I lived in the hood, mid 80s, there were very very few that had a/c, were lucky to have one car, NO cable...
Now when it's hot the streets are darn near empty (of people anyway), most have a car, most have cable and a few tvs ....
Not to say there isn't any poor but the bar has definately moved.
Pete |
Did they actually have cable run down the street? Don't forget that because AT&T and Verizon lobbied the government all the lower channels were stolen for their cellphone use so folks really don't have much choice but to get cable. Even with those mahvellous converter boxes I can reliably get less than half the channels previously available.
What did a window A/C cost in 1980 compared to 2010, what has happened to the price of TV sets?
You both are using flawed data in not taking into account changes in the environment.