Tweet just came through - Westlake HS prom tickets are $75! A person!!
Good grief.
I think our prom tickets were like $20.
Good grief.
I think our prom tickets were like $20.
Tweet just came through - Westlake HS prom tickets are $75! A person!!
Good grief.
I think our prom tickets were like $20.
I graduated high school in 1977. I have no idea what prom tickets cost, but let's go with $20, for the sake of simplicity.
Between 1977 and today, let's use around 3.5% average annual inflation. That $20 is close to $85 in 2018 dollars.
There's no "good grief" to be had. It's called inflation, and that's how it works.
It's too bad they don't teach this stuff in public schools.
Tweet just came through - Westlake HS prom tickets are $75! A person!!
Good grief.
I think our prom tickets were like $20.
Took my ex to her prom in 72, tix-15, tux 22, no limo(don't think they were invented yet), dinner at Augustinos(?) in DC for 4 was 72 including tip. Prom was a complete bore but the afterparty at a friends house was fun. My memory is pretty shot nowadays and I have no idea why I remember these costs, probably cuz I was kicking and screaming that I really didn't want to go to the prom.
Everything is crazy expensive these days compared to when we were in school. Heck, I remember having to raise $200 for a ten day marching band trip to San Antonio in 1980 (traveling from Boonsboro, MD). Today, that same $200 might pay for a one or two night band trip to NY.
Boonsburo,,,,,, We could be cousins ...I have family from Walkersville / Keymar / Woodsburo to Thurmont / Boonsburo to Hagerstown.
Everything is crazy expensive these days compared to when we were in school. Heck, I remember having to raise $200 for a ten day marching band trip to San Antonio in 1980 (traveling from Boonsboro, MD). Today, that same $200 might pay for a one or two night band trip to NY.
SMR trip to NYC Fri pm - Sun noon, $900. Transportation, most meals, 2 trips to the theater, museum attractions.
What did I miss? I never went to any high school dances, let alone Homecoming or Prom's.
You missed alot.. As a kid we all hit a dance at a Mongomery Co HS or one of the Catholic HS's or Churches from Rockville to Little Flower Catholic Church on Mass Ave in Bethesda.
Tweet just came through - Westlake HS prom tickets are $75! A person!!
Good grief.
I think our prom tickets were like $20.
It was rumored that all the good catholic girls went to Saturday evening service so they didn't have to get up Sunday morning. Something about deflowering and watering with liquor outside the church hall.