"Mxsmanic" wrote

There are other considerations, though. People from the mid 60s to around
the
beginning of the 1970s had more disposable income than they do today.
Prices
have increased but wages have not kept pace, and since the 1970s the
situation
has been gradually getting worse.

In the mid-60s and early 70s people also did not have multiple cell phones
(one for each family member), cable/satellite TV, satellite radio, "starter"
homes the size of small castles, home entertainment centers, or 2 brand new
cars (one an SUV) in the driveway. Today these are all looked at as
"necessities", and they consume what would otherwise be disposable income.

BDS