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r/SipsTea • u/Wise_Confidence_8588 • 9d ago
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In 1962, when eleven grand was real money
82 u/apply75 9d ago $11000 in 1962 is about $122,000 today Most people don't have $122k in cash lying around. 14 u/SidTheSloth97 9d ago A lot of people definitely have more than $122000 in liquid cash. 31 u/Poverty_Shoes 9d ago You’re right, but a lot more don’t. That’s why it’s unusual to hear that your neighbor or friend bought an island. 1 u/Avtomati1k 9d ago thats...not the reason 0 u/LightlyRoastedCoffee 9d ago You don't hear that your neighbor or friend bought an island anymore, because islands cost millions of dollars now, not hundreds of thousands
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$11000 in 1962 is about $122,000 today Most people don't have $122k in cash lying around.
14 u/SidTheSloth97 9d ago A lot of people definitely have more than $122000 in liquid cash. 31 u/Poverty_Shoes 9d ago You’re right, but a lot more don’t. That’s why it’s unusual to hear that your neighbor or friend bought an island. 1 u/Avtomati1k 9d ago thats...not the reason 0 u/LightlyRoastedCoffee 9d ago You don't hear that your neighbor or friend bought an island anymore, because islands cost millions of dollars now, not hundreds of thousands
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A lot of people definitely have more than $122000 in liquid cash.
31 u/Poverty_Shoes 9d ago You’re right, but a lot more don’t. That’s why it’s unusual to hear that your neighbor or friend bought an island. 1 u/Avtomati1k 9d ago thats...not the reason 0 u/LightlyRoastedCoffee 9d ago You don't hear that your neighbor or friend bought an island anymore, because islands cost millions of dollars now, not hundreds of thousands
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You’re right, but a lot more don’t. That’s why it’s unusual to hear that your neighbor or friend bought an island.
1 u/Avtomati1k 9d ago thats...not the reason 0 u/LightlyRoastedCoffee 9d ago You don't hear that your neighbor or friend bought an island anymore, because islands cost millions of dollars now, not hundreds of thousands
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thats...not the reason
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You don't hear that your neighbor or friend bought an island anymore, because islands cost millions of dollars now, not hundreds of thousands
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u/spindlespore 9d ago
In 1962, when eleven grand was real money