@mh @greyknight33 @furgar Well, a good salary in 1955 was roughly 2:1 against a good house. So $5k salary buys $10k house. Today, in a city like Cleveland you can work a $50k job and buy a $200k house easily. 4:1 is a substantially greater burden. In California, $80k is a good salary though most make 50, and a home is $500k. 10:1 is absurd.