1971 Cost Of Living

Is this accurate?

I was 11 years old in '71 so my mind wasn't on this kind of thing.

 

https://thenakedlistener.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/ukprices1970/

You can compare with the UK

 

Marijuana: $15 per ounce. Granted it had some stems, seeds and shake, but hey!

 

minimum wage $1.65

 

In 67 I was a dish washer at a coffee shop at $2 per hour for about a month.

Summer of 68 I made $3 an hour working at a ready-mix concrete plant, digging non-stop all day in 112 to 118 degrees weather.

I made $4 per hour after graduating high school in 1969, working in July and August at an iron mine at 112 to 118 degrees in the desert.


1969 Sept moved to Oakland, Ca. to go to a private art college at $1,000 Tuition for the year. (69 - 70). Nice apartment for me and my roommate was $50 each totaling $100. I think that I lived on $120 a month. The Fillmore West was $3 every Friday and $3 every Saturday night. An opening act. Second billing act. And a headlining act. $3. By November, Winterland Bill Gram shows went up to a $3.50 price. Everyone was pissed off about that. We lived on rice at the end of each month for 3 or 4 days so that we could go to shows and smoke.

I remember milk being .98 a gallon.

Yes Aerianne, it's all to true.

 

Coffee really hasn't gone up that much

98c a pound, let's see, that's roughly AU$2.30 a milk

I can get it now for $5 a kilo

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My parents bought their house in 1971. I thought i remembered them telling me they paid 60k but seeing this i'm not sure, it came with 3 acres of land but other than that dont know why it would be so much higher than average.

 

"Back in my day you could catch a bus to the movies, see a movie, buy 5 bags of lollies and catch a bus home for 20cents"

Lol oh dad, you and your stories.

 

The tuition to harvard is blowing my mind..just a fraction of the average income, whereas today is probably, what, twice as much as the average income? I dont really know the average income or the tution for harvard is today so i'm basically just making that up lol..but i bet its pretty close

 

I used to go out in town get drunk shag a whore and catch the clap , drop some acid get into a fight , get chased by the police .hospitalised and go bald !!


and Still have change out of a Quid :guitarist:

 

And all for 20cents right??

 

The 2 things I always check out in old movies is how much gas and cigarettes cost on signs in the background.

C/S,
Rev J

 

I remember school lunches being .35 during the 60's and early 70's when I was in elementary school.

 

I remember This ! In the 70s I had fuck all But I had everything I needed to be Happy !

 

I remember in '78, you could go to the drive-thru window at the liquor store and by a gallon jug of "black" beer for $2.00

 

It may be accurate, at least from my parent's description, but you should not forget about inflation. You should keep in mind the salary that they were earning back then. Anyway, if talking about our time, the overall cost of living in one city cannot be determined, as the lifestyles of people differ a lot. In other words, while some of us are satisfied with modest, decent living, others do not consider it a life if they do not enjoy luxuries and dine in top-tier restaurants. However, it can be said that Austin is a city where salaries are high, which results in quite high costs of living, especially when rent is in question. You can read more about prices and all necessary things, like average salary, average person spend, prices for rent per month at costoflivingreports.com. I used this site, when I chosen the city where to live.