average American family in 1950's in Detroit Michigan, at a Ford workers wage

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image showing average American family in 1950's in Detroit Michigan, at a Ford workers wage

pabut on January 4th, 2025 at 16:59 UTC »

No one is building houses like that anymore.

noblefragile on January 4th, 2025 at 17:40 UTC »

I'd be very interested in seeing what their actual budget looked like. The people I knew who were raising kids in the 50s were some of the most frugal people I've ever met. They wouldn't be able to believe the types of expenses an average person has today.

Kangaru82 on January 4th, 2025 at 17:43 UTC »

Average Ford Assembly workers in Detroit make around $100k with overtime.  You can get a lot of house in many parts of Michigan on that income.