The cost of living in 1931. 93 years ago. 
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America I assume?
Rent then: 9% of income
Rent now: upwards of 25% outside of metropolitan areas, or 50% in big cities
🤯
Not to mention people kept much more of their income, and tax is ridiculous nowadays.
I think you can still buy an alarm clock for $2.99
There are people alive today who were born before this. How on earth have they not looked back through the tunnel of time and realized something is catastropically wrong?