Reply #55: I made a similar point a few weeks ago

[EstimatedProphet]

My dad in the late 60's didn't have a steady job. For a while he sold encyclopedias door-to-door, and he worked in a bookstore. My mom worked for a few months, again in a service industry.

They bought a house while doing this.

It was possible back then. According to some fast in-my-head math, they were between them likely bringing in about $5K a year, and had a comparable lifestyle to today's $50K a year, if not more. Maybe much more - how many people can buy a house making $50K these days? I'm 45, and that change has occurred in my lifetime.