1967 was kind of a water shed year for me, I got married, had our first child, made the most money ever to that point in my life ($13,000/year) wrenching in a Ford Dealership, purchased my first home shortly after 1967, and I'm certain that I had more "play money" during that time than any year since. It did not seem like it at the time, but THEY WERE THE GOOD OLE DAYS!

The chart shows the income number adjusted for today would need to be $85,000 income. But I can assure you that no twenty year old kid making $85,000 today can buy a house, with a baby to feed, and make a car payment, and do it today in Southern California. That's way day care and two income families have become accepted as normal today. Not sure how my grand kids will do it in twenty years?