When I left school in the 80's I had a reasonably well paid job for those days, with that money I could do the following.
Live in a bed sit or shared flat.
Put a cheap car on the road with tax, fuel and insurance.
Go to the pub with mates Thursday to Sunday including Saturday & Sunday...
In the,what seems to be, the worst year ever for deaths that I can remember up to and including the Brazilian footballers and Castro and there is a few weeks left yet.