A nearly $3 billion net worth puts you among the richest 400 people in America—40 years ago, that'd be No. 1

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• Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In 1983 a minimum wage job would pay for a studio apartment in New York City.

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  • NewNewAccount@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Things are fucked but NYC was nowhere near as desirable then as it is now.

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• Yewb@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What are they going to do when no one else has money and we all tell them to fuck off and go back to the barter system?

  Sorry I dont take that monopoly money here!

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• Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Have you heard of inflation?

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• MxM111@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It is stupid to cite such numbers and not adjust for inflation.

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