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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Amusing ad from the St. George Hotel in Brooklyn. $9.50/week with a gym, and steam room and salt water pool, and ‘gay social events’ (how the language does change). At that time in NYC a subway ride was 5 cents. Inflation is a bear, for sure.


11 posted on 09/20/2009 5:57:46 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

I remember riding the NY subways in 1970 or so for 20 cents. Guess even that was a big leap from 5 cents though.


13 posted on 09/20/2009 6:00:51 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (This tagline excerpted. To read more, click on MyOverratedBlog.com)
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