In the 60's I worked with guys who had two jobs and you could buy a rural house in Laconia (White Oaks Rd) for $6000. Proud folks who didn't want and probably would not accept welfare and all the other programs we have today. I'm not sure we're better off now, at least in terms of quality of life. Same thing when I lived in Maine in the early 70's while I was in the Navy.
Huge turnaround when I came back in 1975. I guess everybody was making more money, but I don't know that everybody was really better off in terms of quality of life. I'm not sure how you define that.
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