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This ad from 30 years ago. How close is it to reality now (hexbear.net)

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[–] rubber_chicken@hexbear.net 55 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The squeeze turned out to be more acute in expenditures that are harder to avoid. I think rent, healthcare and tuition have likely met, if not exceeded, the predicted increase percentage.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 31 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Rent CPI in Jul 1995: 157.9
Rent CPI in Jul 2025: 435.39
30 year inflation: 276%

Toyota Camry cost in 1995 (MSRP): $16,128
Toyota Camry cost in 2025 (MSRP): $28,400
30 year inflation: 176%

So rent is well ahead.

[–] rubber_chicken@hexbear.net 26 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There's also the Camry just being normal in 1995 while now you're seen as a poor, cheapskate or weirdo for driving a car-car and not a tank-car.

[–] XxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

now you're seen as a poor, cheapskate or weirdo for driving a car-car and not a tank-car

this is 100% in your head

[–] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

No this is very much real in wealthier whiter towns.

[–] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

Feelin like a poor, a cheapskate, and a weirdo for wrapping my BMW i7 around a telephone pole

[–] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

Not to mention a Camry in 1995 is about the size of a Corolla today, so you are physically getting more car (meaning the real estate inflation is even greater in real terms).

[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago

School debt reach over 1.7 trillion is crazy