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Reply to "Brass prices"

So I have seen the arguments on here that the $500 brass model in 1990 would be around $1,000 today because of inflation. I get it but let's look at the buying power of our US dollars.  I am truly one of those people that make the "regular" middle income here in the midwest.  In 1990 I made about $25k per year, I now make about $39k.  My wages have not doubled yet the prices of most things have.  People say, "get more education, move to where the jobs are, etc."  Easy to do when you do not have kids in school, family attachments or the US military says you go where I say you go not to mention the fact that nobody wants to hire someone on the verge of retirement.  We tend to oversimplify things in many cases. I agree that supply/demand and the free economy are at play here.  I support that , I defended that for a decade as a Seabee but I am not in the position to spend that kind of money for a hobby that seems to sadly be in decline as we all drift off into retirement and beyond....

I think a lot of O Scalers are retired and are using social security money that they don't really need to live on to buy trains.

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