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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why stop there? 1950s, please. Even if you adjust for inflation, a mortgage would be a small fraction of what rent is.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I heard the standard of houses were poorer then which was part of the pricing issues.