I lived in all of those. In each of those decades, except maybe the '50s, many. may people always thought one of the previous decades was a better time to live. Read some of the posts from our little group and you’ll easily find those comments. My perspective is a bit different. I’ve tried not to live in the past and learn to live when I am living.
I loved growing up in the 50s and 60s, but that may have been because of the family I was born into and the place where we lived 70s was a great decade for me because I met my husband got married and had my daughter 80s was a good
decade for me because I started my own appraisal, firm and enjoyed balancing raising a family while having a good career having a good career
The wise Stoics would be proud of you.
Nostalgic longing for the past is a common folly that causes people to waste their lives wanting what they can’t have.
Most people seem to spend a majority of their time denying their own mortality and their many blessings.
Life in the old days was harsher in most ways. Our attitudes are our biggest problem today.
I agree. A lot of people are spoiled these days, myself included. I didn’t grow up having a lot but I was always happy and figured it out without blaming others.
I should have added “except for the music.” I do appreciate the music of the 60s through the 80s, maybe the 90s, far more than the music of the last 30 years. But then a full range of musical ages remains available.
I would add movies in that category.
The Superhero genre has killed the movie industry this century (even if I am a fan).
I agree. I think the limited series on streamers like Netflix, Prime Hulu, etc. are generally superior to the movies of today.
there are many things that were affordable to the average person that upper middle class Kitt people can barely afford one obvious example is going to a baseball game
Because I was “coming of age” in the 80’s, that’s the decade I remember most fondly. It was also the decade where I made the least. But I just remember the personal good times.
A lot of today’s “music” is more rapping and jumping around than it is vocal singing. To me, it quickly gets boring, most of the folks I know over 50 feel the same way.
I was born in the late 1960s, so I have no memory of that. Based on my experience, the 1970s was not the greatest time. I do think that the 1980s and 1990s were a much better time to live, but starting with the 2000s I would not say any previous decade was better.
On a somewhat related point, I said before that if there was any time that anybody would have wanted to serve as President of the United States, Bill Clinton picked the best - at least in my lifetime.
I grew up in the fifties, the president was respected by most people I knew. It was a good decade for Americans in general and most folks felt their future was bright.
While I"m not quite 70, I saw something that was pretty true - It was more fun being 20 in the 70’s that being 70 in the 20’s. Age makes a huge difference. That’s why the 80’s seem like such a better time to me. I can’t help but notice that while that was over 40 years ago, it’s not uncommon to hear music from the 80’s being played at all kinds of venues
Sports events and entertainment are priced by supply and demand. For a weekday afternoon Cubs game against a crappy team you can get tickets for under $40 and even less through discount ticket places. For a Cubs-Cards game on a Saturday you’re going to pay over $125 a ticket.
my son-in-law proposed to my daughter at the season, opening game of the Cubs into 2013 when they lived in Chicago, they had a season ticket for the Cubs every year
I am not sure that is the best example. That is true of professional sports in general, not just baseball. That trend can be traced back to when professional athletes gained the right to unlimited free agency and were able to auction their services to the highest bidder. That led to competition for the higher-level players ,which drove up salaries, which in-turn drove the owners to look for more revenue streams to pay for them. The result has been growth in all of those industries where the owners and players have all reaped the benefits but where the cost of the product has outpriced the average fan
Marvin Miller, the late former head of the Major League Baseball Players Association, said early on the free agency would lead to the overall growth in the sport, without mentioning the effect on the fans.
For another example of something that is way more expensive that can not be tied to sports free agency, look at the cost of spending a day at a Disney amusement park compared to fifty years ago.
Oh…I have fond memories of the 80’s but my best years have be the 2020’s since I’ve been retired. And I wake up with the intent of making that day the best day of my life. So far I’ve been successful every single day.