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Mon Jul-30-07 01:04 PM
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| 69. no and they didn't have television either |
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and your point is?
Overcrowding is a symptom of high housing costs relative to income. The programs of the New Deal plus post WWII economic expansion largely eliminated this for blue collar Americans. The collapse of both has brought it back
Does the availability of cheap used automobiles change this somehow? Are they not poor because 100 years ago only the rich could afford a 1906 Stanley Steamer?
Are people who can't afford adequate housing not poor because thay can own some electronic tchotcke that didn't exist 100 years ago?
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