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<blockquote data-quote="beentheredonethat" data-source="post: 1107195" data-attributes="member: 4886"><p>Bagels and brownslave, I think you are both right and wrong in different ways.</p><p></p><p>Yes, we definitely do spend more money now, then in the past. However, how far back do you want to go? Back in the day's people didn't have homes anywhere near as large as what they have now. Is that a necessity? People with homes didn't tend to have huge lawns and spend tons of money on fertilizer, water and lawn people to take care of lawns. People used to live near work. Many many people live 20+ miles away from work. That just didn't used to happen before. Brownslave is right, we have a lot more electronic equipment, 52" Tv's. multiple computers, routers, etc etc. But is this needed? I'll admit, I'm as guilty as anyone else in most of these areas (I do mow my own lawn though).</p><p></p><p>But.. many items that used to cost a lot are cheap. A 19" TV 10 years ago or 20 years ago vs now much cheaper now.. Except people don't buy 19" TV's now. </p><p></p><p>Most people unfortunately spend what they make. So it's never really enough. </p><p></p><p>Many things (esp food) has gone up recently.. But then again.. go back 80 years ago, it used to be 25% of the income went to food, now it's no where near that</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beentheredonethat, post: 1107195, member: 4886"] Bagels and brownslave, I think you are both right and wrong in different ways. Yes, we definitely do spend more money now, then in the past. However, how far back do you want to go? Back in the day's people didn't have homes anywhere near as large as what they have now. Is that a necessity? People with homes didn't tend to have huge lawns and spend tons of money on fertilizer, water and lawn people to take care of lawns. People used to live near work. Many many people live 20+ miles away from work. That just didn't used to happen before. Brownslave is right, we have a lot more electronic equipment, 52" Tv's. multiple computers, routers, etc etc. But is this needed? I'll admit, I'm as guilty as anyone else in most of these areas (I do mow my own lawn though). But.. many items that used to cost a lot are cheap. A 19" TV 10 years ago or 20 years ago vs now much cheaper now.. Except people don't buy 19" TV's now. Most people unfortunately spend what they make. So it's never really enough. Many things (esp food) has gone up recently.. But then again.. go back 80 years ago, it used to be 25% of the income went to food, now it's no where near that [/QUOTE]
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