I started grade 1 in 1983, so I did live thru it, but didn't take much notice. I did though just last night look up some sales data on a house we purchased in 2001. It goes like this...
1983 - $28k
1991 - $65k
1993 - $88k
1994 - $98k
1996 - $90k
1998 - $87k
2001 - $86k (thats me)...