Older Adults Are Sharing How They Could Tell Someone Was Rich Back In The Day, And As A 30-Something, A Lot Of These Surprised Me
I've always been fascinated by stories from my elders about what life was like before I was born. It's incredible to see how much has changed (and the things that somehow remain the same). Recently, u/helpmegetthrough1 asked older adults on Reddit to share the signs that someone was well off back in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and a lot of their responses surprised me. Here's what they had to say:
1."Two cars in the driveway."
"Born in 1961, lived in a suburban neighborhood in the Denver area all through the '70s.
When I was growing up, most families only had one car. Even though my mom worked when I was a kid and in school, we never had more than one car, and that was true of most of our neighbors as well.
We were solid middle class. Dad was a Federal government employee, Mom and Dad both had college degrees, and most of our neighbors were professional/white-collar families with both parents at home.
Two cars in the driveway were just starting to become more common by the mid-1970s, although even then, we never had two cars."
2."Meat with dinner every night."
3."A color TV. A 27" color TV. I remember seeing my first 30" … then a 36" … believe me — childhood me would think people of the future must live in movie theaters if they own and watch movies on an 85" television. Which is larger than the pull-down-screen the grade school movies of my youth were projected on. The magic of The Jetsons came to life, siiiiigh."
"My family bought our first color TV to watch the 1972 Olympics. It had a whopping 9" screen, and we piled on my parents' bed to watch it."
4."An extra living room for guests."
5."A dishwasher."
6."Children with...[CLICK TO CONTINUE READING]
