| dittfarms - 12/25/2024 10:13 Also every one says land was cheap back then, I paid $550 an acre on a quarter and made $24k a year. If you really want something, you can figure out a way to get it.
Your entire years wages would buy 43 acres.
Now do the math on $20k/acre and lets just say $100k/year. That buys 5 acres...
In comparison to wages/earnings, land was cheap back then. It is nearly impossible to buy land today with a hourly paycheck.
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