It’s incredible to see how much has changed (and the things that somehow remain the same).

Here’s what they had to say:

1.

“Two cars in the driveway.”

Two classic cars parked outside a brick building with a zigzag pattern on the window

“Meat with dinner every night.”

“A color TV.

A 27” color TV.

A man, woman, and young boy stand in a kitchen. The woman is taking a cooked turkey out of the oven while the man and boy watch. The scene appears to be from the mid-20th century

Which is larger than the pull-down-screen the grade school movies of my youth were projected on.

The magic ofThe Jetsonscame to life, siiiiigh."

“An extra living room for guests.”

A family of five, including a man, a woman, two girls, and a boy, sits on a couch and floor in a living room, watching a television together

“A dishwasher.”

“Children with braces to straighten their teeth.”

“Having a perfect lawn and a lawn service to mow for you.

Living room with brick fireplace, green chairs, a wooden side table, a couch, and a black desk with a lamp and book. Picture of a woman on the wall

Lawn services were not nearly as common as they are today.”

“In the ’70s, if your house had a tennis court, you weremoney.”

“Air conditioning.”

A woman is smiling as she loads dishes into a top-loading dishwasher

“An in-ground pool and an intercom system in your house.

“Going on vacation to somewhere other than visiting relatives; traveling by airplane.”

“The poor folk all had unpaved, straight, short driveways.

A young girl with long blonde hair and wearing a turtleneck sweater smiles, showing her braces

The rich folk had circular driveways.

“In my neighborhood, two bathrooms.

They always had their curtains open so everyone could see right in their house.”

A well-maintained suburban house with a large front lawn, stone pathway, and well-manicured shrubs and flowers

“Each of the kids had their own bedroom.”

“Having extracurriculars, like ballet lessons.

Most of us just had to hang out not at home.”

Woman in white tennis dress and sneakers sits in a chair by a tennis court, holding a Squirt soda bottle with tennis equipment nearby

“Our rich neighbors had their basement finished in 1970s glory.

And one of the very first VCRs (cost around $2K).”

An awful lot of very affluent people drove fairly nondescript cars, particularly old money.

A woman in a sleeveless dress lounges on a chair with her feet propped up on a small stool, smiling and appearing relaxed in a well-appointed living room

Anyone with all three stickers for sure was upper middle class.”

“The rich family on our block of middle-class families would give out full-size candy bars at Halloween.”

“I grew up in a working-class neighborhood.

A man and a woman in a pool play with a young boy at their suburban home

Went to a classmates house after school one day (1970), and what a revelation.

A housekeeper greeted us at the door with, ‘Hi Miss Amy, whos your friend?

Will she stay for dinner?’

Passengers are seated in a vintage airplane cabin. Flight attendants are serving and assisting passengers. The cabin features spacious seating and overhead lighting

and took my friends coat.

Her house was huge (they had 10 children, both parents were professionals).

Her yard was vastly deep.

A spacious brick house with a three-car garage, surrounded by trees and neatly landscaped with a circular hedge design in the driveway

But I was most impressed with the 5-gallon jug of milk in their enormous refrigerator with its own spigot.

In her defense, paper towels were not yet a thing.

Most people used cloth kitchen towels that some people called tea towels.

A surprised woman in a shower, wearing a shower cap and a floral shower curtain, is reaching out to feel the water. This image is related to Work & Money

But we had a good laugh at that.”

“Having your own phone line.

We had a party line where four families were on one phone line.

Jayne Mansfield standing by a decorated Christmas tree in an elegant floor-length gown with gifts under the tree

All the other houses around us were made of timber.”

26.And finally, “I remember when my neighbors got MTV.

I went over there and watched it for hours.

A boy in a plaid shirt is studying at a desk with books and maps spread out. A framed picture hangs above the desk

We never had any sort of cable anything.”

A ballet instructor in fitness wear teaches three young girls, each in ballet attire, how to plie in front of a barre

A woman in a short dress and knee-high boots sits by two vintage televisions in a retro-styled room, holding a small object

People gather in a garden setting, some sitting and others standing under a large tree in front of a two-story white building

A group of children dressed in various Halloween costumes, holding pumpkin buckets, posing in front of a house

Young boy sitting at a table, drinking a glass of milk, and looking at the camera

A vintage American Express credit card with the name John Q Public, issued by Valio Inc, showing an expiration date of 12/63

Woman with curly hair sits in bed holding an TV Guide magazine and looking at the camera. The bed has a floral-patterned duvet and an ornate headboard

Doris Day, wearing a coat and hat, speaks on a landline phone, while Thelma Ritter, in a patterned blouse and hat, stands beside her in a modern office setting in a scene from the movie Pillow Talk

A woman stands in a modern living room with shelving behind her stocked with records and a television. She wears a long dress with lace sleeves

An elderly couple relaxes on lounge chairs in their yard outside a brick house. The man is reclining with his arms behind his head, while the woman reads a book