[Mpls] First Apartment

[Delcalzojan]

I love this subject thread - it has made me think about things I haven't thought about in years.

My first apartment in Minneapolis was at 32nd and Dupont, shared with two others and cost $120.00 a month so my share was $40.00.  Okay, so our apartment was a converted attic on the third floor and the kitchen which we shared with the second floor renters was on the second floor.  No air conditioning so it was hot in the summer, but the bus was only two blocks away and none of the three roommates had a car. 

I took a job at Control Data with my college degree as a Clerk Typist for the grand sum of $250/mo (rent was 16% of my income). I seemed to have lots of money, beer was cheap, so were clothes, maybe not having a car was a blessing. 

And the company picked up the whole tab for health insurance.  I handled the employee benefits at Control Data and at that time the cost to the company for a single employee's health coverage was $3.69.  Coverage for a family was about $11.00 I think with the company picking up most of it.  Now those  are shocking numbers and I think one of the reasons why so many things are way too expensive today..

It was a fun time. 

Jan Del Calzo
Lynnhurst