When a little bit older friend of mine moved out of his home in the 70's.. he made 7$ an hour at an lighting shop. His rent was 160$ a month two blocks from the ocean in an apartment.
Today the exact same apartment still there, is 1200$ a month, and the same type of job is 10$ an hour. So before it was 25 hours work a month for the apartment.. today 120. Keep in mind this is in a no-growther democrat city.
I remember sheetrockers back in the 70's made around $10/hour....illegals doing it for the same price 30 years later.....go figure....i wonder how much the price of cotton went up after the civil war?