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Originally Posted by Keefelane66
Take your unstamped letter/card on a 500-1000 mile trip a relate to us the cost 66 cents is a bargain.
You probably spent more than 22% for your Village home compared to 1958.
Prices for 1958
House: $10,450
Average income: $4,650
Ford car: $1967-$3929
Milk: $1.01
Gas: $.24
Bread $.19
Postage stamp: $.04
Chef Boy-Ar-Dee spaghetti, 15 1/2 .oz can.: $ .19
Corned Beef: $.59 lb.
Swiss Steak: $.75 lb.
Libby Tomato Juice, 5 (46 .oz) cans: $1.00
Kraft Carmels, 1 lb pkg: $.37
Uncle Ben’s Rice, 14 oz box – $.19
Sunkist Oranges, 5 lbs.: $.49
Cantaloupe: $.05 lb.
Celery: $.04 lb.
Tuition at Harvard: $1,250 yr.
Nathan’s Hot Dog: $.25
Roundtrip airfare London to New York: $453
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You can get airfare London - New York return at off peak near to that price still if you keep checking offers.
Just imagine the cost of milk if it had risen at the same rate as property prices.
