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The 1990's were in no way better than the 1980s. If you want to know what high school kids looked like and kind of acted like in the early 1990s was like watch Bev Hills 90210. In late 1990 the song Ice Ice Baby was played back to back in the younger generation radio stations and could be heard blaring out of cars. About 2 months later it was cool to hate Vanilla Ice. Arsenio Hall had a late night talk show. This is where Jay Leno got the idea to shake or give me people "5's" at the beginning of his show. Lots of violence in the media (Rodney King beatings). I think there might have been more violence and crazier teenagers in the cities who got in fights more often in the early 1990s. Internet first was in select schools around 1993. Grunge music was popular. Late 90s pop music was like the return of The New Kids on the Block bands, Brit Spears. Late Late 1990s it got even more stupid when several people thought the world would explode the year 2000. To sum it up, the 1990s were terrible. Worst decade of my life.
I spent about half the decade abroad, and all of it retired and living quietly in very small towns, and not caring much about day to day affairs. So the 90s pretty much passed unnoticed, to me.
For the most part, the US was at peace, and there was actually a budget surplus. Maybe not great times but better than now..
The calm before the storm.
2001 and 2007 didn't happen overnight. While the ninties were prosperous, a lot of that was on paper, or in a bubble. I'd like to think many who played their part in that decade have learned a few lessons, but probably not.
I was in high school from 1994-1997 and I remember the show My So Called Life being very realistic to my high school experience. I feel like there was alot of love in the 90s and great parties, but it was probably all the ecstasy I was taking. Needless to say I had a great time in the 90s.
My biggest memory of the 90s is turning on the radio one morning and hearing Bill Clinton was involved in Hankey Pankey (my Lord). (Best Rumpole voice.)
We spent a lot of time talking about our President's sex life.
The 90's were when I hit my professional "stride". My job satisfaction and my income rose sharply, and they stayed high until the 3rd quarter of 2008, when the economy took a nosedive. I managed to hang in there until the second half of 2009, at which point the ship hit the sand (so to speak).
I have been out of work since August 2009 and, until recently, there was no end in sight. Beginning in the 3rd quarter of 2010, the number of opportunities in my field has risen dramatically. I'm still unemployed, but increasingly confident that something will turn up soon.
Keep yer fingers crossed for all who are in the same boat, okay?
I graduated high school in 91, so my early adult years were all in the 90's. It was in many ways the best 10 years of my life. The economy was smoking hot and jobs were plentiful. Granted, an argument can be made that a lot of the economy was a bubble, but still, good times for me!
In my opinion, the economy tanked in late 2000 and the final nail in the coffin was 9/11. The economy has been dead since then. In fact, as embarrassing as this is to admit, my best earning year ever was 1998. I got real close to that figure again in 2005 and 2006, but have been far below that benchmark ever since.
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