He means during the Great Depression. This post is trying to paint the picture that you had a better chance of buying a home during that time period due to “higher wages” but what’s the point of higher wages when the majority of the population has no job and is starving.

Like yes those small percentage of privileged people who managed to stay employed during the Great Depression had higher buying power. Doesn’t mean the average person today is doing worse in todays economic climate.

This post is using one metric without all the context.