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That makes sense to me. I bet my lifestyle, based on what I know of the career I have now and what I think I could have had then, would be surprisingly similar (adjusted for what middle class New Yorker meant then versus now). Less space, but a part-time servant seems the tradeoff of the time.
It's funny to see old movies where a single person or couple is literally barely living paycheck to paycheck, yet they'll have a live in or full-time servant and no one even questions it.
It's funny to see old movies where a single person or couple is literally barely living paycheck to paycheck, yet they'll have a live in or full-time servant and no one even questions it.