Modern Houses

During these challenging economic times, some of us start to examine many aspects of our lives more closely. Recently, I read that people are looking at cheaper cuts of meat- no more filet mignon? Another thing that is being examined is the large monster homes that many people covet. A major change from the 1950's when the average home was 1000 square feet. Now homes are over 2000 square feet. Families were large in the 1950's but we managed.
I grew up in a 1950's bungalow as did many of my friends. We did not seem to suffer at the time. We had one television that we all watched. At the beginning of the hour or half-hour, we would agree which show we were going to watch together. There was no remote so once the choice was made we settled into our various spots and watched the black and white screen-remember trying make the horizontal hold work?. There were no arguments despite the fact that sometimes we hated the choice that our youngest brother made. He wanted to watch the Bishop Sheen Show each week and we would agree in return for our choices. Yes, there was a show with a Bishop on prime time, each Thursday at 7 p.m. if I remember correctly.
My brothers shared a room with bunk beds and there were no major complaints. There was a recreation room to escape to but it was not a private room.
People were more energy efficient because they were using less room and they did not have the large appliances that many people have today and not as many.
Guess there were some good things in those days and there were some happy moments. It was not all as bad as the media would like us to believe- not everyone was a Mad Man.