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I have many fond memories from the 70's but it was hard to find work, interest rates were really high, and we had a gas shortage. So, overall I would have to vote for the 90's. Our country was at relative peace, we had a surplus, and we were prosperous.
the 1990s hands down. We were prosperous, at peace, had a decent president, and no cold war. The internet coming out was exciting, and the pop culture was great. (Frasier, Seinfeld, alternative music) ahhh...the good years.
I have few good memories of the 2000s. Internal division, attacks, war, the economy, a general sense of decline. I can't wait to get this awful decade behind us.
60's for me, especially the latter part
so much happened in that decade..we put a man on the moon in that decade
awesome awesome music..great rock, great motown
the 1990s hands down. We were prosperous, at peace, had a decent president, and no cold war. The internet coming out was exciting, and the pop culture was great. (Frasier, Seinfeld, alternative music) ahhh...the good years.
I have few good memories of the 2000s. Internal division, attacks, war, the economy, a general sense of decline. I can't wait to get this awful decade behind us.
your not the only one who feels that way. i just wish we could swallow the big nasty disgusting pill and get it over with.
I guess if I consider the '90s like the '50s, then the 2000's have been like the 60's. Just without the progressive vision or any of the artistic inspiration.
I dunno..
I will say; the 2000s have been a great decade for science and technology.
The '80s were more like the '50s as they were very conservative, and the '90s more like the '60s as we saw a sharp liberal outlash against the conservative cultural norms starting in 1993 but really picking up in 1995. The '00s are much like the '70s - paying the price for the party of the past two decades.
We had tv shows like Hunter, Family Ties, St. Elsewhere, Cosby Show, Cheers
Movies like Rambo, Back to the Future, Rocky, Top Gun, etc..
Ronald Reagan was president
I remember sitting with my grandfather watching Hunter and Simon & Simon, those were the good ole days. It seemed there was more American pride back then too, with songs like "Born in the USA" and "R.O.C.K. in the USA".
Nobody has said 60's?!?!?!?! Doesn't everyone just want to jump around on acid and be happy listening to great music and living with all the exciting things that went on. Haha
"The Sixties" were really more like 1969-1973, with outliers as far back as 1967.
The heart of the actual 1960s was, of course, 1965, mathematically. I graduated from high school then.
1965 was mostly this:
Rock N Roll was still frowned upon by mainstream society. Sure there were many Top 40 stations, but if you were over 25 this wasn't meant for you.
In many schools, you had to wear a suit & tie to class still.
"Everyone" went to church and you had to dress up.
No one I know of had heard of marijuana, LSD, etc. Alcohol was the drug of choice.
Gays "didn't exist"; gay bashing was everywhere; closets were the norm.
Suburbia was still very 1950's-ish. Mom, apple pie, a new Frigidaire, a Dodge Dart.
Draft dodging and all that was unheard of. If you were male and didn't go to college, you went to Vietnam. Period.
In white suburbia, open racism was rampant and with no apologies. The N-word was said with open abandon.
In real estate, "block busting" and white flight was the norm.
The Beatles were huge, of course, but suburban guys thought they were sissies.
Words in common use then: "homo"; "Commie"; "Negro/-es"; "Red China".
Guys had crew cuts. Girls had beehive bouffant hairdos.
Drinking and voting happened at 21 (some states had drinking at age 18: Wisconsin, DC, etc.). Before 21, "children should be seen and not heard";
Many towns still had sunset laws (until 1964).
Adult bookstores were only in the biggest cities, and usually downtown, and very seedy.
Words unknown then (at least in the suburbs): "abortion"; "terrorist"; "serial killer"; "AIDS"; "fisting"; "crack".
Not invented yet: hand-held calculators; PC's; laptops; iPods; Walkmans; cell phones; cable TV (you had 3-4 TV channels which signed off at 11 pm each night); GPS; Internet;
What you could do then but can't now: smoke almost anywhere; full service gas stations; open burning;
Words in use by hip teens: "groovy"; "fab"; "boss"; "bitchin"; "outtasight";
1965 was the era of 1,000 dances: The Frug; Watusi; The Horse; The Fly; The Dog; The Duck; The Loco Motion; The Mashed Potatoes; The Grind; The Watusi; The Shing-a-Ling; The Pony; The Twist; The Hully Gully; The Freddy; The Limbo; The Horse; The Philly Dog; The Peppermint Twist; many many others. How many can you do?
In 1965, there were hints of a growing wisp of change. But you had to look, really look. Even at well-respected ritzy colleges, only a handful of students even knew what marijuana was then.
So when people say "The Sixties", they're really thinking more of things along the lines, say, of 1970-1971.
Things didn't really change or open up until about 1969, actually more like 1970.
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"The Sixties" were really more like 1969-1973
