We are a “property” obsessed lot compared to many in the ’30’s through the ’50’s.
Have you ever seen what people actually had back then? Clothing for example, a city dweller might have a couple pairs of pants, half a dozen shirts and two to three suit coats.
People could literally move most of their personal possessions in a suitcase or steamer trunk.
This isn’t the household goods of course but what you took with you when you moved, the items that you didn’t ship or have sent later.
The next thing that stands out is the instant gratification.
In so many things this has destroyed our society. What do we have to wait for anymore? Patience doesn’t exist.