“Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular”

“Despite the high cost of living, it remains (very) popular” (or, “Despite the high cost of living, it remains a popular item”) is a jocular statement that has been printed on bumper stickers and signs. “Despite the high cost of living, it remains a popular item” has been cited in print since at least 1993 and is of unknown authorship.
 
       
Encyclopedia of Discordia
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Date: 30 Nov 1993 01:28:50 -0600
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Despite the high cost of living, it remains a popular item.
 
The Archive
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Jan 23, 1994
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Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular.
 
Google News Archive
27 May 1997, Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, SC), “The Stroller” by Lou Parris, pg. B1, col. 1:‎
Herald-Journal - May 27, 1997
Here are two nifty bumper stickers: “Despite The High Cost Of Living, It Remains Very Popular.” “Everyone Has A Photographic Memory. Some Just Don’t Have Film.”
     
Hardware Central
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September 3rd, 1999 09:36 AM
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“Despite the high cost of living it remains a popular item.”
- Anonymous
 
Google Books
Didn’t My Skin Used to Fit?
By Martha Bolton
Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House
2000
Pg. 63:
Despite the high cost of living, it remains a popular item. —Anonymous
 
Google Books
Dictionary of Proverbs
By Glenville Kleiser
New Delhi: A.P.H. Publishing Corporation
2005
Pg. 40:
Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular.
 
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