@QasimRashid
More stats for you:
Residential real estate costs tripled in the 1970s in my area (Cali).
I graduated from college in 1983, and students were still able to put themselves through college (the "five-year plan"). Right after that, tuition rose sharply.
After the 2008 crash, people could write a sign about their financial struggles, pose with the sign, and post the pic to a "we are the 99%" site. That site is a real time capsule.