15¢ A SLICE 

By David Perlstein | November 15, 2024

Inflation, a prime issue for Donald Trump voters, took me down memory lane. A (small) 14-inch pizza (eight slices) from my neighborhood go-to, Village Pizzeria, runs $21-$31. When I was a kid in 1950s New York, a slice of cheese pizza cost 15¢  Hamburgers in my Queens neighborhood also cost 15¢. Then Hamburger Train—a model…

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