Wow, that was truly 40 years ago. Plus it's reveals that her rent was $145 a month

$680.00 a month after taxes is considered poverty in 2014:lol:


This episode was "Phyllis Whips Inflation"

Wow, that was truly 40 years ago. Plus it's reveals that her rent was $145 a month

$680.00 a month after taxes is considered poverty in 2014:lol:


This episode was "Phyllis Whips Inflation"
Things are just too damn much money today. $1800 could buy you a Honda Civic in 1974. Cadillacs were only $10 grand.

Things are just too damn much money today. $1800 could buy you a Honda Civic in 1974. Cadillacs were only $10 grand.


I know, I was priced out of my last apartment lol

I know, I was priced out of my last apartment lol
Yeah pretty sure I won't be able to stay where I live once my lease is up too

Yeah pretty sure I won't be able to stay where I live once my lease is up too


my went up to $945 and it was time to go

What would $680 a month's pay be equivalent to today? And $145 rent. She did have a studio. I wonder if that was considered a good price than for a studio apt. or pricey?

What would $680 a month's pay be equivalent to today? And $145 rent. She did have a studio. I wonder if that was considered a good price than for a studio apt. or pricey?


$3011.00. Pretty good for a single person

$3011.00. Pretty good for a single person


Wow!!! So a minimum wage person would be really bringing in peanuts if $680 was equivalent to all that money! I started working in 1979 part time and minimum wage was around 2 something if I remember correctly?

Wow!!! So a minimum wage person would be really bringing in peanuts if $680 was equivalent to all that money! I started working in 1979 part time and minimum wage was around 2 something if I remember correctly?


I don't think Mary was struggling though at the time. She kind of reminded me of myself

Single, Live alone, no kids, no car and had enough money to pay rent, buy food, pay bills, and save

I don't think Mary was struggling though at the time. She kind of reminded me of myself

Single, Live alone, no kids, no car and had enough money to pay rent, buy food, pay bills, and save
Mary had a car though....she drove a Ford Mustang in the opening.

Mary had a car though....she drove a Ford Mustang in the opening.


Oh for some reason I don't remember her having a car

Oh for some reason I don't remember her having a car
She doesn't SEEM like a car driver. I can't explain why I think that.

She doesn't SEEM like a car driver. I can't explain why I think that.

Wow, I wouldn't want to drive in a Minnesota snowstorm! But than I wouldn't want to walk, or stand at a bus stop for public transportation there either in the winter!!!! FREEZING!!!! :eek:

With inflation factored in, Mary was making a good bit more then than I am now in the same industry (TV news)!

Here's a fun website for calculating inflation:

Inflation Calculator (http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm)

Here's a fun website for calculating inflation:

Inflation Calculator (http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm)


That's where the information came from:lol: :lol: :lol:

Wow, small world; round too.

Wow!!! So a minimum wage person would be really bringing in peanuts if $680 was equivalent to all that money! I started working in 1979 part time and minimum wage was around 2 something if I remember correctly?

$2.90 I think it was. That was the year I got my first part-time job.

I just looked up 1974 and the federal minimum wage that year was $2.00. Adjusted for inflation, that would be $9.65 today. But the actual current federal minimum is just $7.25, so it hasn't kept up with inflation. So accounting for inflation, a minimum wage worker in 1974 made 33% more than a minimum wage worker does today in 2014.

$2.90 I think it was. That was the year I got my first part-time job.

I just looked up 1974 and the federal minimum wage that year was $2.00. Adjusted for inflation, that would be $9.65 today. But the actual current federal minimum is just $7.25, so it hasn't kept up with inflation. So accounting for inflation, a minimum wage worker in 1974 made 33% more than a minimum wage worker does today in 2014.


And had less expenses


No cable
No Internet

And had less expenses


No cable
No Internet

Which is a pretty sad state of affairs: fewer expenses then, yet a bigger paycheck. And it's not just cable and Internet. Healthcare costs and college expenses, relative to salary, were way cheaper back in those days. People could get by on minimum wage back then, but not now.

[QUOTE=LittleRickyII]Which is a pretty sad state of affairs: fewer expenses then, yet a bigger paycheck. And it's not just cable and Internet. Healthcare costs and college expenses, relative to salary, were way cheaper back in those days. People could get by on minimum wage back then, but not now.[/QUOTE


Yup a large fry at Mcdonald's was not $2.50 like it is today. In 1974 it was 10 cents lol

I had a job in the summer of 1976 and I made $2.10 an hr (state wage), but the federal wage was $2.35. I questioned my boss and he said he wasn't required to pay Fed wage so I was stuck with 25 cent less. For the last several years our State wage $8.00 has been higher than the Fed wage. I believe the Fed is $7.25
As for Mary, I wonder what the second apartments rent was.

I had a job in the summer of 1976 and I made $2.10 an hr (state wage), but the federal wage was $2.35. I questioned my boss and he said he wasn't required to pay Fed wage so I was stuck with 25 cent less. For the last several years our State wage $8.00 has been higher than the Fed wage. I believe the Fed is $7.25
As for Mary, I wonder what the second apartments rent was.


Oh she moved? Was that because she got a promotion and was making more money?

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That's why so many people move to Philly from NYC

In Southern California alot of the young people that are from out here stay living at their parents house, well into their 20's even 30's! The ones who come from other states have to end of living with lots of room mates. So much different from when I came in in 1985 . A person that made minimum wage could rent a small studio apt. and if you made a little bit above minimum you could get a decent one bedroom. And apartments came furnished too than. Not the best furniture but just starting out it saved money on buying it.

In Southern California alot of the young people that are from out here stay living at their parents house, well into their 20's even 30's! The ones who come from other states have to end of living with lots of room mates. So much different from when I came in in 1985 . A person that made minimum wage could rent a small studio apt. and if you made a little bit above minimum you could get a decent one bedroom. And apartments came furnished too than. Not the best furniture but just starting out it saved money on buying it.


I live in a studio now after living in a one bedroom for 13 years. And I realized I don't like sofabeds, I want to get an actual bed by end of this year

Oh she moved? Was that because she got a promotion and was making more money?

I remember the episode where Mary moved . At first, she lived at 119 North Weatherly Avenue, in the same building with Rhoda Morganstern and Phyllis Lindstrom . In one episode, she was feeling bored with her life and she wasn't her usual sweet, cheerful self . She found an available apartment in an apartment building, and decided to shake up her life and move for a change of pace .

The first building she lived in is located at 2104 Kenwood Parkway in Minneapolis, Minnesota . I read where the folks who made The Mary Tyler Moore Show filmed that house to represent 119 North Weatherly Avenue . They had to get the permission of the building's owner . The building's owner disapproved of situation comedies, but he thought they were filming his house for a documentary of great houses in Minneapolis . When he found out that they filmed his house for an establishing shot in a situation comedy, and he refused permission when they wanted new establishing shots, so the writers wrote an episode where Mary moved .

The first building she lived in is located at 2104 Kenwood Parkway in Minneapolis, Minnesota . I read where the folks who made The Mary Tyler Moore Show filmed that house to represent 119 North Weatherly Avenue . They had to get the permission of the building's owner . The building's owner disapproved of situation comedies, but he thought they were filming his house for a documentary of great houses in Minneapolis . When he found out that they filmed his house for an establishing shot in a situation comedy, and he refused permission when they wanted new establishing shots, so the writers wrote an episode where Mary moved .

Actually, when the owner of that house withdrew permission for filming exterior shots there, they found a different, but similar house, and began doing shots there to represent the same apartment building. This was a year before Mary moved to her new apartment. This is all discussed in the following thread. Scroll down and you can see pictures of both houses used to represent 119 North Weatherly Avenue. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=233968

I live in a studio now after living in a one bedroom for 13 years. And I realized I don't like sofabeds, I want to get an actual bed by end of this year


A good option for you would be a daybed with a trundle ! A regular comfortable single bed, and if you have a girl sleep over you can pull out the trundle. Saves room from a regular double/queen sized bed, and less of a pain in the butt of a sofa bed having to close it up every morning and pull it out before you go to sleep! And you can make it really cool for daytime. Get big sofa type pillows to put around the back so it will be a nice, attractive inviting place to sit by day! ;)

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A good option for you would be a daybed with a trundle ! A regular comfortable single bed, and if you have a girl sleep over you can pull out the trundle. Saves room from a regular double/queen sized bed, and less of a pain in the butt of a sofa bed having to close it up every morning and pull it out before you go to sleep! And you can make it really cool for daytime. Get big sofa type pillows to put around the back so it will be a nice, attractive inviting place to sit by day! ;)

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I plan to get a full size bed the 1st sat in January and a love seat later in the year since the only company I plan to have is females lol


Full size bed won't take up that much space

I plan to get a full size bed the 1st sat in January and a love seat later in the year since the only company I plan to have is females lol


Full size bed won't take up that much space


That's cool, you have a big studio apartment! Getting the love seat is cool. A place to sit when you are alone and before you get the lady to the bed!! :lol: All kidding aside it's cool cause you really need a place besides a bed to sit on in the day! ;) And again, wow you have a good size place that can fit a bed and a loveseat!! Nice!! ;)

That's cool, you have a big studio apartment! Getting the love seat is cool. A place to sit when you are alone and before you get the lady to the bed!! :lol: All kidding aside it's cool cause you really need a place besides a bed to sit on in the day! ;) And again, wow you have a good size place that can fit a bed and a loveseat!! Nice!! ;)


yes a 2 room studio, big kitchen, and big living room and bathroom. Basically it's like a 1 bed room apt without a bedroom LOL

That's why a girl who came to visit though the bedroom was through the kitchen lol