What was the average salary in the South back then? If you could find a job.
I know that in 1972 I worked in a furniture mfg in Orlando, FL for $2.10 an hour. A year I later got on piecework in the framing dept and was making $150+ a week.
I paid 35¢ for a pack of cigs (quit that black hole in 1978), 99¢ for a 6 pack of Busch tall boys. $75 a month for my half of a nice 2 bedroom house with a <$25 a month electric bill. I drove a 3 year old Datsun I bought for $1,100 (filled it up every Friday for $3-$4). I paid $9 every other week for health insurance.
In 1969 I paid $6 to see Jefferson Airplane. Damn that was a good show!