@ CT rebbe:
lease cars (or drive only new model cars)
Most drive older models or lease mini van at the cost of buying a use car
take vacations to Florida/EY 1-2 times per year
hardly your average person, most are lucky to get away for a week in New Hampshire or Lake George.
eat out 1-2 days per week
, most will buy out a pizza pie to give mommy a break
buy food without looking at the price
Not the case
take bar mitzvah boys to EY
Far and few
provide regular support to married children
Agreed, whole other discussion about elite bucherim and entitlement.
rent summer bungalows at a price comparable to what people pay today
Most bought years ago.
higher cleaning help as frequently as today
most are household where both spouses work and have one or maybe twice a week.
shop in clothing stores with prices comparable to today
Most shop online and search or bargains,
spend on simchas what people do today
Not since Covid 19
pay for housing comparable to today
Wrong, people are move out of the main areas, Dover Twp, Jackson, Garnerville, Pearl River. Linden, etc.
pay people others for basic maintenance, landscaping etc.
Most pay landscapers twice a week.
send girls to seminaries in EY for $25k+
Not since covid 19
pay comparable prices for sleepaway camps
Not since covid.
perform mitzvos requiring expensive chumros
Hardly not evenone does it
How about the Yeshivas opening up the books and showing what all the staff earns?
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