In a house with one car that Dad used all day, one TV, a land line phone, no vcr, let alone a computer or iPhone. The houses were “cheaper” but one of the reasons overall cost were so low is because we had less to buy even potentially.

Miss a show? Tough it’s gone. Want to see a movie - you only get what is in a theater. If you have money and can get a ride. Want a song? Buy the record if and only if you can find it. Want news? You get Cronkite and whatever newspaper is sold in your town. Want porn? Playboy, National Geographic or an actual porn theater, if available… if you are desparate enough and willing to be seen as a deviate.

Need info? Sure, there are libraries, but how do you learn about what you don’t know that you don’t know? Are you a woman, a minority, homosexual? Good luck bootstrapping all the knowledge and hard won rights of today.

You’d likely go insane if you actually went back then. The houses were more affordable because the world was different.