1970
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (198989)
United States
July 10, 2025 12:35am CST
Elvis visits President Nixon in the White House.
The Beatles break up.
The highest-grossing film of the year is Love Story
M*A*S*H receives a Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy.
What was on TV? -- The Beverly Hillbillies, The Brady Bunch, The Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand, Captain Kangaroo, The Johnny Cash Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Gas $.36 per gallon
New house $23,400
Dozen eggs $.60
Movie ticket $1.50
Postage stamp $.06 - and we received good service
Tuition at Harvard $2,600 per year - Today it's close to $60,000, not including room and board
Color TV $400.00 - Very expensive
Minimum wage $1.60
This is the year I was married.
Photo Credit: Pixabay
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@cherigucchi (15807)
• Philippines
10 Jul
I was born in the 70s and not quite familiar with how life was back then
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@cherigucchi (15807)
• Philippines
14 Jul
@LindaOHio turning 54 this year. That is not so young anymore for me
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@LindaOHio (198989)
• United States
14 Jul
@cherigucchi You are young compared to me!!!
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@LindaOHio (198989)
• United States
10 Jul
I find the tuition at Harvard to be obscene today. No school should charge that much.
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@LadyDuck (482392)
• Italy
10 Jul
@LindaOHio Colleges and Universities are not expensive in Europe. Europe offers plenty of affordable study options for international students.
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@porwest (106210)
• United States
10 Jul
@LindaOHio At some point student loans became too easy to get and too widely offered, and wherever there's money to grab that someone doesn't have to work a part time job to get and pay the tuition...they start grabbing for whatever money will come from somewhere else.
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@much2say (57790)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Jul
I turned 2 years old that year 
. . . and that's when my parents got their first and only house in the boonies of Los Angeles (not so boonies anymore now). Maybe I was a bit young then, but oh these are all names of people and things I grew up with!
. . . and that's when my parents got their first and only house in the boonies of Los Angeles (not so boonies anymore now). Maybe I was a bit young then, but oh these are all names of people and things I grew up with!1 person likes this
@psanasangma (7923)
• India
10 Jul
I am not even born yet and I am glad to learn how expensive things are even back then
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@MommyOfEli2013 (85466)
• Rupert, Idaho
10 Jul
The TV could be more expensive than it is today, depending what size and how fancy you want. Our TV was around $100 for a 32 inch and that was just last year.
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@Ineeddentures (13313)
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11 Jul
I was 10 years old in 1970.
A TV then cost more than a TV does now.
Wow
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@LindaOHio (198989)
• United States
11 Jul
@Ineeddentures Yes, they're much cheaper now.
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@Ineeddentures (13313)
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11 Jul
@LindaOHio
They were indeed
Not so now though
I bought a brand new 43 inch smart TV for about £200
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@snowy22315 (195050)
• United States
10 Jul
NY grandparents had a bug color TV in the 60's. They must have paid a fortune for it. They loved watching Bonanza one if the first colorized TV shows on it.
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@rebelann (114468)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Jul
I turned 21 in August of that year, I was in tech school but rode a bus to get there, I hadn't got my first car yet.
I remember some of that. I think the minimum wage here was $1, El Paso was always somewhat cheaper than eastern cities which is why so many military men retired here with their families back then.
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@LindaOHio (198989)
• United States
11 Jul
When I moved away from home I bought a used Plymouth Valiant. Back then those cars lasted forever.
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@FourWalls (78162)
• United States
10 Jul
Then they canceled The Beverly Hillbillies, along with Gomer Pyle and Green Acres and Petticoat Junction and Hee Haw in what became known as “the rural purge.” 
Cash’s show was interesting. I never knew when I’d get to watch all of it, because he’d have Merle Haggard on one week and CCR on the next, and daddy didn’t allow no rock and roll playin’ ‘round the house.
Cash’s show was interesting. I never knew when I’d get to watch all of it, because he’d have Merle Haggard on one week and CCR on the next, and daddy didn’t allow no rock and roll playin’ ‘round the house.1 person likes this
@FourWalls (78162)
• United States
11 Jul
@LindaOHio — all that I heard was what came through the walls from my brother’s room. He had to have the door closed when he played it.
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@LindaOHio (198989)
• United States
11 Jul
I fell asleep. I think I got a couple of hours of sleep!!! So there was no rock 'n roll in your house, eh?
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@RasmaSandra (88362)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Jul
The 70s were my high school years and my friends and I had a ball, Loved David Cassidy enjoyed hanging out at a pizza place and life was good, What reminds me of it all is Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen
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@LindaOHio (198989)
• United States
11 Jul
Yes it's too bad things today are so different.
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@Marilynda1225 (85984)
• United States
10 Jul
It really boggles my mind when I see the prices from back then compared to what they are now.
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@LindaOHio (198989)
• United States
11 Jul
I can't believe that Harvard charges $60,000 today!
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