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So maths time...
If that cart is a weeks of groceries, it takes 1250 weeks of groceries to buy a house in 1980.
According to a 2024 USA today article the average family with kids spends $331 per week on groceries.
If the groceries per house ratio stayed the same, a house would be $413,750 in 2024.
I dunno seems pretty proportionate.
Inflation vs income
Income hasn't kept up with inflation, so you have a widening gap
The prices may be proportional, but the average "purchasing power" has decreased. Most family units have more than a single income now, but they still struggle.
Inflation goes up (which devalues our income), but our wages have gone up much slower... so we have a widening gap of "purchasing power" that people's budget can feel
The "prices" may be proportional, but the ability to afford them is certainly not