Old things were also often prohibitively expensive. Hardly anyone owned anything, and everything was shared by lots of people.
My Grandpa's bed was solid and lasted a long time, but 6 people slept in it, at a time. Crowded in like sardines and sometimes kids would fall right off.
And there was one truck for 9 people and the kids rode in the open bed. Every bump in the road was life-threatening. People died in car accidents, constantly, even though the cars were glacially slow. Total death traps. And they guzzled gas like crazy.
Nobody misses that old bed.
Nobody misses that old truck.
