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4. For perspective-

Wed Jun 11, 2025, 06:13 AM

Jun 11

In 1967 my father supported a family of 4 fairly comfortably on a salary of $10,000.

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Concession prices at Shea Stadium in 1967: [View all] True Dough Jun 10 OP

10 cents for a pencil. Thats outrageous. BOSSHOG Jun 10 #1

Mmm...give me a ballpark egg salad with a cigar chaser. Xavier Breath Jun 10 #3

For perspective- DeeDeeNY Jun 11 #4

That's $96k in today's dollars, a decent salary. Xavier Breath Jun 11 #5