tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567813748978904720.post1916178828118824151..comments2024-03-23T18:13:37.036-03:00Comments on Canadian-Traveler: Are We Better Off Today Than In The Fifties?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197108331214049357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567813748978904720.post-62776786940789508342016-02-23T21:01:34.807-04:002016-02-23T21:01:34.807-04:00Nostalgia is a wonderful thing and useful too. I&...Nostalgia is a wonderful thing and useful too. I'm sure in another 25 or 35 years, folks now in their 20's and 30's will look back at today wistfully and think times were better then.<br /><br />Personally, I feel better off and more comfortable today with all the wonderful communication tools we have as well as having universal health care and few other necessities of life that just weren't around in the 1950's. I still recall iceboxes, coal furnaces etc.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523089898331291694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567813748978904720.post-63904137897977088612016-02-21T22:43:43.298-04:002016-02-21T22:43:43.298-04:00Good way to make the point. I completely agree.Good way to make the point. I completely agree.The Furry Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485265576983125216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3567813748978904720.post-9844795525201962882016-02-21T18:51:29.532-04:002016-02-21T18:51:29.532-04:00Good post! U are so right on the changes and diff...Good post! U are so right on the changes and differences. I live on Canada's west coast and even a family of 2 without children can't afford anything larger than an 850 sqft Condo. My parents bought their house in the 60's on a "rent to own" basis but they paid it off before they bought anything else new. No new cars, no trips and no credit cards. Our neighbor when I was growing up was the same. He drove nothing until he could afford to pay for it with cash. <br />The mentality of saving just isn't the same anymore due to the higher costs of living and wages remaining so low.<br />Sad really.Karyn-Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441864113888457036noreply@blogger.com