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Hunter Thompson wrote "Hell's Angels" in 1967.
At the time, he gave examples of how hippies/bikers/artists were living.
A biker could get a job as a Union stevedore and earn enough in six months to hit the road for two years.
A part time waitress could afford to support her live-in boy friend.
Then Nixon/Reagan saved the middle class....