George Jetson had an 17 minute work day with 2 hours a week and could afford a house, a hover car, a robot maid, enough money for his wife to spend the day shopping on top of household needs, enough extra to take care of a dog, and STILL enough leftover to allow elroy to be involved in extracurricular activities and to take the family on a vacation to the moon.

I worked two jobs at 50-60 hours a week and could only afford to rent a 1 bed apartment with almost nothing left over.

I wish I had came of age in that period of post war optimism that inspired that cartoon.

Edit: the Jetson’s takes place in the year 2062, we still have ~38 years or so to ensure our children can achieve that

[–] Cinnamon3431@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

where do you live for your rent being such a huge chunk? D:

[–] TrontheTechie 6 points 2 years ago

At that time it was the state of Minnesota, and I was working as a cook.

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