Rooms for rent, $2 per week!
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
Eugene, Oregon
November 29, 2017 12:48pm CST
Last weekend, walking around downtown Portland, Oregon, I saw this sing on the side of a building, perhaps a hundred years old. I could not include the bottom of the sign due to a construction fence, but it says, "Hot and Cold Running Water."
That sounds pretty luxurious for its time and I wonder if that $2 was a big expense when the sign was painted?
Old signs on buildings and things like murals catch my eye and I always want to get a photo. Do you notice things like that?
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Nov 17
Maybe the room was expensive back then though, at 2 bucks per week ,I don't know. Love those old signs.
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@Genipher (5405)
• United States
29 Nov 17
@JamesHxstatic
You got me curious...had to look up what people made/year 100-ish years ago. Looks like it usually ranged from $500-600 a year. So, roughly $57 a month. Food was a lot cheaper to (7 cents for a loaf of bread, 34 cents for a dozen eggs).
Seems like $2 a week wouldn't have been too expensive. Probably a lot better, comparatively speaking, than the prices we pay nowadays.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Nov 17
@Genipher Maybe it would be okay if you did not have to stay a week. Interesting prices.
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@Scrapper88 (5980)
• United States
29 Nov 17
A hundred years ago; that would be a lot of money.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Nov 17
@Scrapper88 I worked in grocery stores in Texas at age 14 for forty cents per hour.
@Scrapper88 (5980)
• United States
29 Nov 17
@JamesHxstatic When my dad started working back in the early 60's; he was only making a little over a dollar an hour.
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
29 Nov 17
Gives us an insight as to how far our money has devalued.
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
29 Nov 17
@JamesHxstatic I wish kept some of them.But made good money.Even today you can still make good money
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
29 Nov 17
I love things like that. I think at the time - that must have been quite the sum of money.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Nov 17
But that might be accompanied by a like reduction in income. It's always something!
@snowy22315 (208789)
• United States
30 Nov 17
ha wouldn't that be funny if it was really the case?
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
29 Nov 17
Wow that sign is amazing! I love old signs and anything old like that.
That was most likely a lot of money to pay at that time. So strange how times have changed but cool at the same time.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Nov 17
It is strange and getting stranger as things change each day.
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@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Nov 17
Yes I have noticed things like that. Most likely that $2 was quite a bit those days.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Nov 17
I think that would have been a day or more wages maybe.
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@sallypup (69160)
• Centralia, Washington
30 Nov 17
@JamesHxstatic Really? You'd be fun to tag along with.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
30 Nov 17
Thanks! I was the only one of the three of us who really noticed it.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
29 Nov 17
@JamesHxstatic Yikes James! Maybe it's cheaper to do a B&B.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Nov 17
Yes, it is expensive to stay in most hotels. Even Motel 6 is now $60 or more.
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@teamfreak16 (43573)
• Denver, Colorado
3 Dec 17
Wish I was paying two bucks a week for a room now! 
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
30 Nov 17
There are several new murals around town here that I want to get photos of.
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
1 Dec 17
@JamesHxstatic
James, they are great to take pictures of.
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