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A good example of one of the ways in which the "good old days" were terrible: In the 1880s, the average US rural housewife had to haul water into the …
A good example of one of the ways in which the "good old days" were terrible:In the 1880s, the average US rural housewife had to haul water into the house 8-10 times a day, 36 tons of water a year. And also haul out ashes & waste. (From “The Rise and Fall of American Growth”).