1963... Minor amusement parks were around $2.50 for adults and $1.25 for kids (I have the admission tickets). Parking was free. Drinks in the park were 10¢. The same parks now are around $30 for kids. $40 for adults. $5 to $10 parking. $3 to $5 for drinks. Multiply 4x for a family of four. When it comes to amusement, our dollar doesn't go near as far now as it did then (I paid 15¢ for movies throughout early sixties, 10¢ for popcorn).
Bottom line... entertainment is far more sophisticated now but you work many more hours to be entertained. Inflation runs amuck.
PS... And it took only one income to support that family of four and pay for that day at the amusement park. Now it takes two incomes, or one income using a credit card which is money they haven't earned.
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