Reply #87: Also, a modest single family home was affordable and people

[Cleita]

didn't have as much, like two cars, an RV,or a boat like they do today. Nobody had a lot of clothes or toys either in the working class family, so it made it easier to live on one salary.

Also women were always cooking meat stretching casseroles, which also cut down on the animal fat they were feeding their families helping inadvertently to keep their families slim and trim as well as their budget.

Many didn't have telephones even the cheaper party line telephones because it was an extra expense. I remember us having an icebox for a long time before we got a refrigerator and one of those mangle washing machines. There was no dryer but a clothesline. These appliances must have saved a fortune in electricity.