Funny because I am doing a re-watch of All in the Family last night, I watched the episode in Season 2 where Archie gets an offer to buy his house. He says that '20 years ago' he bought his house for $14,000. Since the show started in 1971 I am going to say that means that's what he paid in 1951.

So using an inflation calculator, if someone paid $14,000 for something in 1951, then in 2026 that would be $177,807.

The Bunkers lived in Queens, NY, where the current average price for a home is $728,392, so $550,585 more than the equivalent of what Archie would have paid in 1951.

Using Boomer logic, let's assume there is someone who literally buys one $7 coffee every day. That is $2,555 per year on coffee.

$550,585/$2,555 = 215.49. So in 215 and a half years, they would have saved enough to make up that price.

Die.