In the scene where Melody buys Joel some ice cream, we get a few tidbits on how much the dollar(Assuming that cents mean more or less what they do in The US.) is worth in the United Isles.
Currently, the national American average for one scoop is about $5.35, and a quick google search didn't give much, but I found some mentions of a nickel per scoop back in the 1900's. I don't know how much time Brandon put into the monetary value part of the system, but I'm guessing he just used whatever it was for the 20th century. Joel also says that a penny is enough cab fare or a springrail ticket(which I'm also assuming to be about the same as a railroad ticket), which is entirely identical to its real-world counterpart, but train tickets ranged from 2-3 cents per mile up to tens of dollars, which matches. According to https://www.nist.gov/nist-museum/fare-fair-taximeter-testing-1920s-and-today#:~:text=Although horse-drawn for-hire,new U.S. industry was born., A cab fare would be about a 50 cents per mile, compared to the penny in world, but maybe they charge less for the short rides Joel is most likely to take
Anyway, I didn't see any existing discussions on this, and I was wondering if there was a deeper meaning, or if I'm looking to deep into this.
