The Price Is "Yeah, Right"...or Inflation Hopscotch
It's about time I did something like this, if only for my own notes. I found This Inflation Calculator today while referencing something on Tumblr, so I'll play with it and show how a Dollar isn't a Dollar over a lifetime. Hmm...backwards or forwards?
* 2010: I go to Tech school after a Spring Break trip to Florida.
What would cost $1 (2010) ~ $1.07 (2015)
* 2006: I attend GenCon Indy with my buddies.
What would cost $1 (2006) ~ $1.16 (2015)
* 1999: I'm working in Gatlinburg for $10/hour as a Night Auditor.
What would cost $1 (1999) ~ $1.40 (2015)
* 1995: I move to Tennessee.
What would cost $1 (1995) ~ $1.53 (2015)
* 1992: I get my A.S. degree from Saint Petersburg College.
What would cost $1 (1992) ~ $1.67 (2015)
* 1988: My sister gets married to her first husband and my brother graduates High School.
What would cost $1 (1988) ~ $2.00 (2015)
* 1985: I leave High School with a G.E.D.
What would cost $1 (1985) ~ $2.17 (2015)
* 1982: My frosh/sophomore year in High School.
What would cost $1 (1982) ~ $2.50 (2015)
* 1979: My family moves from Pennsylvania to Florida.
What would cost $1 (1979) ~ $3.22 (2015)
* 1976: My family moves from Waterford to Gibsonia. Hurray for the Bicentennial!
What would cost $1 (1976) ~ $4.11 (2015)
* 1974: Is there LIFE ON MARS? My family moves to Waterford, PA from Chilicothe, OH.
What would cost $1 (1974) ~ $4.75 (2015)
* 1971: My brother is an infant; my family moves from Erie, PA to Chilicothe.
What would cost $1 (1971) ~ $5.77 (2015)
* 1969: If you believe, they put a Man On The Moon.
What would cost $1 (1969) ~ $6.37 (2015)
* 1967: I'm an infant, my sister is a terrible Two.
What would cost $1 (1967) ~ $7.00 (2015)