I love this graph cause I think it says all you need to know about what's happened in America the last few decades, especially the last one:
I went to San Antonio last weekend and took my kid to the Riverwalk area. They have these canal boars for tourists, so I took him on it. Was like between $20 - $30 for the two of us. OK, fine. Watched the movie "Cloak & Dagger" with him last night, which came out when I was a kid in the 1980's... it takes place in San Antonio. There's a scene on that same boat ride in the movie, and in the 80's it was apparently $1.00 for adults and $.50 for kids to ride then. So... for anyone not in the top 20%, your annual income hasn't gone up much if anything since 1980's but your cost for everything else is through the roof.
Of course the graph is in 2008 dollars, which has to be factored in here, but pretty sure a 1985 dollar wasn't like what 20 times less valuable than a 2008 dollar.