Comparing the cost of living between 1975 and 2015:

[malthaussen]

21. Seriously.

I happen to have been alive and buying stuff in 1975, and some of those alleged prices are out of whack for the area in which I live (suburban Philly). In particular, my college tuition at a state-funded university (Temple) was significantly cheaper in 1980 than the price shown (but PA had one of the better state systems for college). I bought a brand-new Pinto in 1976, and it was also cheaper (but of course, a Pinto is an economy car, and thus not average). Can't speak to some of the prices (I was not looking for houses, then), and a few don't bear comparison because I could get them at a store on the NAS where I worked for much less than the normal retail price. (Not the PX, the grocery store, although prices in the PX were very cheap, too -- like .25 for a pack of cigarettes).

-- Mal