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  • One question begs to be asked when watching the movie 'Home Alone' as a Chicagoan, how rich were the McCallisters to be able to afford that huge house in Winnetka?

  • Certainly more than our families.

  • Hey, the New York Times talked to experts with the Federal Reserve, and they did this.

  • We have other stuff going on in the world with the Federal Reserve, but you know what? If we found an expert willing to talk about Home Alone, go for it.

  • They compared the home to similar ones in Chicago in the early 1990s, estimating the McCallisters' income to afford that home was at least $305000 per year.

  • That would have put them in the top 1% of the households in the United States for the time, adjusted for inflation, the family today would need to make about $700000 per year to afford that same house.

  • Not to mention the family trip to Paris.

  • But didn't the rich uncle pay for the family trip to Paris?

  • Remeber the rich uncle who they were going to visit in Paris. - Yeah.

  • Didn't he pay for it? 'Cause they were sitting in the first-class seats.

  • You know what? You know while I'm making dinner for tomorrow, I'm going to rewatch this, and I'll report back to you as you're on your flight to a tropical locale.

  • Undisclosed as it is.

  • Just tell the people.

  • Well, you're not gonna be here tomorrow, and people will be like, "Where's Gainer, did you scare Gainer off? Where's Gainer, we like Gainer more."

  • No.

One question begs to be asked when watching the movie 'Home Alone' as a Chicagoan, how rich were the McCallisters to be able to afford that huge house in Winnetka?

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