When I look at your average "shoebox" codo or a basic house that hits million bucks, it makes me think what value would it really have compared to property in other centuries.
Who is/was really richer, a peasant with a stone house that could withstand centuries or today's owner of a average house or condo?
What would it cost today (ballpark) to build a real medium sized stone medieval castle with all the bells and whistles? How would it compare to cost of building a skyscraper?
castle is so weak, what about solid stone pyramid that you can sacrifice the pharoes in when the nile changes course and your irrigation pump is all fucked up?
Peasants were pretty much slaves who worked all day every day for the lord who owned the land. In return they were given food, shelter and stability. They had pretty much zero wealth. Almost everyone in the US today is richer than a peasant.
Its hard to compare things like wealth and cost across time because there is so much more wealth in the world now, and because wealth was totally different. Most wealth was tied up in land and didn't change much. Now wealth is a number on a computer screen that goes up and down based on what you buy. Its hard enough comparing how much money is worth, much less something as complicated as a building.
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Property as a value system cutting through centuries? Castle anyone?
When I look at your average "shoebox" codo or a basic house that hits million bucks, it makes me think what value would it really have compared to property in other centuries.
Who is/was really richer, a peasant with a stone house that could withstand centuries or today's owner of a average house or condo?
What would it cost today (ballpark) to build a real medium sized stone medieval castle with all the bells and whistles? How would it compare to cost of building a skyscraper?
castle is so weak, what about solid stone pyramid that you can sacrifice the pharoes in when the nile changes course and your irrigation pump is all fucked up?
Peasants were pretty much slaves who worked all day every day for the lord who owned the land. In return they were given food, shelter and stability. They had pretty much zero wealth. Almost everyone in the US today is richer than a peasant.
Its hard to compare things like wealth and cost across time because there is so much more wealth in the world now, and because wealth was totally different. Most wealth was tied up in land and didn't change much. Now wealth is a number on a computer screen that goes up and down based on what you buy. Its hard enough comparing how much money is worth, much less something as complicated as a building.
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