Saw this video today, and thought it was worth sharing. Tl;dw : in the past, luxuries were relatively much more expensive than they are now.
This also reminds me of how, when I was a high schooler (late 90’s) making a prospective budget for when I moved out, I put down $2500/mo for food and $500/mo for rent. My mom saw it, laughed, and told me to swap those two numbers. Rent wasn’t $2500 bad at that time (my first crappy apartment was $1000/mo in 2006) but it wasn’t $500, either.
Emilybook 