How housing has changed and why it’s so much more expensive now - it's not just your imagination.

Here is how people lived in 1826

• Running water arrived through the roof

• Dirt floor

• Outhouse

• Lit by fireplace

• Boil water to make coffee

• No Garage

• No Air Conditioning

• No Refrigeration

• No Internet

• Work 24/7 360 days year (Christmas off)

• Occasional visits by coyotes, Indians and bigfoot

• Loses a finger chopping wood

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Here is how people lived in 1926

• Running water arrived through the roof

• Wooden floor

• His & Her outhouses

• Lit by candles

• Boil water to make coffee

• No Garage (but horse was welcome inside)

• No Air Conditioning (except through the walls)

• No Refrigeration

• No Internet

• Work 24/7 360 days year (Christmas off)

• Occasional visits by coyotes, revenuers and bigfoot

• Loses a leg to gangrene

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Here is how people live in 2026

• Running water in all three bathrooms and the kitchen, Laundry & garden

• Carpeted floor

• 3 car garage with 3 cars inside and a ping pong table

• Air Conditioning throughout

• Refrigerator, Ice cube maker and wine holder

• iPhone, Internet, Streaming Movies, Personal Computer,

• Lit by 200 amp service

• Forget making coffee just go to an espresso shop

• Sometimes a swimming pool

• Work 5 days a week for 8 hours 2-3 weeks off for summer

• Vacations away from all this

• Loses Mind trying to keep up with Jonses