Here's how much each 'Mad Men' character's dwelling cost then and now

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Realtor.com has done the world a public service by figuring out how much each apartment or house that appears in the television show "Mad Men" might have cost at the time - and how much each would cost today.

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What that post doesn't do is adjust the 1960s numbers for inflation, thereby allowing us to see just which character might have gotten the richest if they held onto that property into old age.

The answer, unsurprisingly, is Peggy.

(Numbers are rounded a bit from the official CPI calculations.)

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Jessica Paré and Jon Hamm as Megan and Don Draper

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Don and Megan's Upper East Side pad

Address: 783 Park Avenue, Apt. 17B
1965 Value: $55,000
Inflation-adjusted (in 2015 dollars): $410,000
2015 Value: $5 million

Peggy's Upper West Side brownstone

Address: Unspecified
1968 estimated value: $25,000
Inflation-adjusted: $170,000
2015 estimated value: $6 million

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Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson

Pete and Trudy's Upper East Side apartment

Address: East 83rd Street and Park Avenue
1960 estimated value: $35,000
Inflation-adjusted: $275,000
2015 estimated value: $2.5 million

Roger's Upper East Side apartment

Address: 31 East 66th Street, #14A
1960 estimated value: $60,000
Inflation-adjusted: $475,000

2015 estimated value: $5 million-$8 million

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January Jones as Betty Draper

Don & Betty's suburban NY home

Address: Bullet Park Road in Ossining, NY
1960 estimated value: $30,000
Inflation-adjusted: About $240,000
2015 estimated value: $500,000

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Pete and Trudy's home in Cos Cob, CT

Address: Unspecified
1960s estimated value: $20,000
Inflation-adjusted: $150,000
2015 estimated value: $250,000

Anna's home in Long Beach, CA

Address: 4021 S Carolina Street, San Pedro, CA
1960s estimated value: $15,000
Inflation-adjusted: $120,000
2015 estimated value: $600,000

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Jessica Paré as Megan Draper

Megan's California bungalow

Address: Unspecified in Laurel Canyon, CA
1960s estimated value: $15,000-$20,000
Inflation-adjusted: $120,000-$160,000
2015 estimated value: $500,000-$800,000

Don's single-guy pad in Greenwich Village

Address: 104 Waverly Place, Apt. 3B
1964 estimated rent: $200-$300 per month
Inflation-adjusted: $1,500-$2,250
2015 estimated rent: $4,500-$5,500 per month

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Joan's Greenwich Village apartment

Address: 42 West 12th Street
1960 estimated rent: $200-$300 per month
Inflation-adjusted: $1,575-$2,375
2015 estimated rent: $4,500-$5,500 per month

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Christina Hendricks as Joan Halloway

Pete's bachelor pad in Manhattan

Address: Unspecified
1966 estimated rent: $100-$150 per month
Inflation-adjusted: $725-$1,100
2015 estimated rent: $4,000 per month

Can you imagine an entire apartment in Manhattan for less than $1,000?!?!

I moved to this city in the wrong decade.

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