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A 20.00 Train Ticket purchased in 1942 would cost 264.59 today
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<p>4 bedroom house with basement and half acre of land was about 24,000 dollars in the late 60's today something like that will run you up to a million dollars depending on where you are at.</p><p>At the same time basements have been cut out and square footage dropped where one must consider N scale to get any meaningful train or build on an addition. (Or sell old house and buy new bigger one....)</p><p>Cars back then got you 7 miles to the gallon on a 5 dollar fillup. But they were also truly powerful vehicles and BIG and STRONG comparied to the tinfoil (Now plastic) crap that we get today. I imagine 10 years from now I might have to pay 59K for a little Cupcake.. errr.. Golf Caddy... err... electric Vehicle that barely gets you to work if such a thing as commuting exists at that time.</p><p>Moller Skycars were a fantasy back then, today they are getting ready to implement a way to use these skycars to by-pass jammed and unuseable highways.</p><p>I recall some food menus in the truck stop after world war two that gave you 5 cent coffee, 1.50 steaks and taters and 50 cents a side for your greens, 70 cents for the salad. 4.50 or so and your all fed. Today such a meal will run you about 10-18 dollars. To even see a coffee for sale in a rest area will run you 5 bucks.</p><p>The poor workers downtown fill the starbucks for 5.00 coffee several times a day when you could take a Stanley thermos and pour your own coffee pot from home all day.</p>
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