Something I never see talked about much these days is how those 1 income households lived. No cell phones, no internet,
And that means no employment now days so not an option.
most of them no cable TV
No need to if you just pirate.
one TV in the house
Retarded when they're so affordable, people will literally give you one if you ask around and are on even moderately good terms. They have been around for so long and become so ubiquitous that the used market is flooded with the things.
most had no game console
Again retarded to live like that when you can get a system that runs almost every game worth a damn for $250.
living in a 1400 square food house with 2 bedrooms and one bath room
Now that's the main problem. Housing like that is either in some unaffordable bughive, or some dangerous shithole. Affordable white neighborhoods no longer are a thing.
Phone was a land line.
Doesn't matter, employers don't want landline only connection so no reason to have it.
Home cooked meals cooked from scratch were the norm, eating out was a treat done maybe once a week.
You call it a treat and then say maybe once every week. I guess once a week isn't too unreasonable if you're referring to the father wanting the occasional warm meal for lunch but to me that seems pretty frequent to eat out.
If you live like that, now, in the midwest, it is certainly possible to live as a one income family.
The way you present it is really a horrible way of living in the modern day, it denies basic comforts and convenience more out of principal rather than to save money, so many conveniences and luxuries you can get for less than the price of a tank of gas.
What I'm trying to get across is that you cannot project modern society back in time and have a valid comparison, because the times were different. Back when 1 income families were the norm, that family simply had fewer bills, and to live today as a one income family that means you have to leave the coasts, and most major cities, and live more like that one income family did 40 years ago.
And that means no employment now days so not an option.
No need to if you just pirate.
Retarded when they're so affordable, people will literally give you one if you ask around and are on even moderately good terms. They have been around for so long and become so ubiquitous that the used market is flooded with the things.
Again retarded to live like that when you can get a system that runs almost every game worth a damn for $250.
Now that's the main problem. Housing like that is either in some unaffordable bughive, or some dangerous shithole. Affordable white neighborhoods no longer are a thing.
Doesn't matter, employers don't want landline only connection so no reason to have it.
You call it a treat and then say maybe once every week. I guess once a week isn't too unreasonable if you're referring to the father wanting the occasional warm meal for lunch but to me that seems pretty frequent to eat out.
The way you present it is really a horrible way of living in the modern day, it denies basic comforts and convenience more out of principal rather than to save money, so many conveniences and luxuries you can get for less than the price of a tank of gas.
What I'm trying to get across is that you cannot project modern society back in time and have a valid comparison, because the times were different. Back when 1 income families were the norm, that family simply had fewer bills, and to live today as a one income family that means you have to leave the coasts, and most major cities, and live more like that one income family did 40 years ago.
Most of the details of how they lived were due to factors that are far different now