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It's kind of interesting, I'm 22, almost 23 years old. I was born in 1990 and it actually seems like the people who miss the 90's the most are around my age, and were just kids during that decade. I'd say 90's nostalgia is mostly a mid 80's to early 90's born thing, which is kinda weird because it seems like everyone from about 29 to 59 years old (born from 1953-1983) is nostalgic for the 80's, there's a much wider appeal for 80's nostalgia for some reason.
Is there love for the 90's from the 70's born later Gen Xers? People from their mid 30s to early 40s? I mean if you were born in 1975, the 90s would have been ages 15-25 to you, I would think after 20 years most people would start to feel nostalgia for that time, no? I was talking to an acquaintance who is 15 years older than me, born in 1975 and he was telling me he felt 'too old' for the 90's which is kind of weird considering he was still just a kid in the early 90's. But then again I never liked the 2000's very much and felt kind of 'old' after about 2003 or so. So maybe some of us just grow old faster.
Oh I get all nostalgic about being a kid in the 80's... the excitement of getting my first big wheel, of waiting for Rainbow Brite to be over so I could watch He-Man, the thrill of learning to skateboard without getting myself killed and the disappointment of not getting the GI Joe aircraft carrier for Christmas... again.
But it was in the 90's that I learned to drive, kissed a girl for the first time, finished High School, got my first job, lived on my own for the first time, got married and even had my first kid in the last couple months of '99. For me, the 90's wins, hands down. Those were good years.
Born in '75. I liked the 90's as it's when I went through high school and college and early adulthood, and it was a fun decade. I feel like the 90's ended with the advent of the cell phone. Life has never been the same.
As far as which decade I miss the most, though, it's the 80's hands down. Best decade to be a kid. I don't miss the big hair and short shorts but those styles do make me smile when I look upon them now. The music, cartoons, movies (Star Wars and Ferris Bueller my favorites), tv, toys, playing outside, riding in the trunk of the car, frequent sleepovers, going from house to house selling candy without getting abducted - it was good to grow up then.
I was born in 1973 and I loved the 80's as I was in high school and graduated in 1991. Then again I am torn because I came out in the 90's (I am gay) so there is some aspect of the 90's that is close to my heart as well, especially the clubs and techno music and "boys town" in Chicago. So I guess I miss the 80's more but the 90's is a close second. That being said I do not want to go back as the 2020's with the coming technology changes should be better then anything before.
I miss the 90's. A LOT. I graduated HS in 1990. I started college but kept getting such great job opportunities that I went in that direction. I was a homeowner by the time I was 23 yrs old. Nice savings, new car, took vacations, had nice things...etc.
My mistake was putting off college because when the economy crashed and impacted my field greatly in 2001, I was married, had a child and a hefty mortgage. My career was over with by the time I was 30 and I had to start over. I am now just starting to get my life back in order, finished college which now Im wondering if it was worth it because of the debt I have. I will be paying on loans till I retire and now trying to figure out how to pay for my child's college so he doesnt have the debt I have. I miss a lot about the 90's besides the economy, it just seemed to be a good time for a lot things.
I don't live in the past. I was born in the 70's but honestly I dont remember the 70's and I don't miss the 80's or 90's either except when it comes to some family type things. Except for the crap economy I like this decade so far. If you keep trying to make your life better and grow over time there is no reason to miss the past. I have the greatest girl ever that I never had in high school or my 20's and I have way more interests now that I have gathered over time. I also have a better social network. I thought the 2000's had a decent music scene. I like the metal and rock sound better in the 2000's, compared to the whole 90's sound that got old.
I was born in 1977 and I miss the 90's incredibly bad. Great music, not so many wiggers, and rap music(before MTV started playing rap "music" in 1994/95). Grunge music was awesome and teens my age had an understanding of life much like the hippies of the 60's. Now days it's all about money, greed, sports, and heaven forbid you be proud to be white, but any other race yep that's just fine. I was a skater freak in the 90's I had my hair every color you could think of and I got my septum pierced in 1994. That was cool stuff then because it was not a fad yet and only the freaks did it. Now days you see rappers and wiggers with piercings and bleached and brightly colored hair oh and tattoos too. Yeah, for the things I got made fun of for doing in the 90's are now very common place now. I so miss the 90's!
I was born very late 70s and for me like others the 80s were a great time to grow up especially in terms of toys and cartoons.
I also think there was such a variety of popular music around that catered to all tastes, I feel like now most pop music is aimed at the young only.
In the 90s everything 80s became very uncool and I loved the alternative music of the early to mid 90s, it really spoke to me as a teenager and I still like a lot of 90s rock bands.
It all got a bit crappier towards the late 90s when Britney Spears etc came through and it went to very manufactured pop and hiphop.
I was born in ’73 (yes, I turn 40 in a few months) and don’t feel much nostalgia for either decade. However, unlike many other posters, I found the 80s to be silly, plastic and unsophisticated. I see how they could be seen as fun and comparatively innocent, but I personally prefer the edge and cynicism of the 90s.
When did you feel like the bubbly 80's turned into the dark 90's? Right on 1990 or a bit later?
This short sentance sums up why its the 80s I prefer. The 80s were a positive time, happy maybe even cheesy. The 80s are the last decade of traditional America. Family values, Reagan was president, values were tradtional and conservative, you could still understand the music, TV much more clean cut and the digital age had not really begun. The 90s are really the genisis of todays world, internet was born, cell phones, morals loosened, TV and music became darker and more edgy. Liberalism and political correctness became commonplace. Tradtional values were challenged. The 90s may seem mild compared to the standards of today, but they were the begining of "today" I think the 80s vs 90s thing is very similar to the 50s vs 60s. Its the same theme, one decade cleaner cut and straight laced, the other edgy and revolutionary. The only difference is the trouble of the 60s did end and America seemed to calm down and return to a somewhat normal way of life from the mid 70s through around 1990. The immorality and social change of the 90s did not go away, its has just grown and grown. Political correctness is everywhere, we have a socialist president, drugs are legal in some states, gay marriage is legal in some state. All this happened because of the moral and societal decline that began in the 1990s. The 1980s are the last good decade in this country.
I was born in ’73 (yes, I turn 40 in a few months) and don’t feel much nostalgia for either decade. However, unlike many other posters, I found the 80s to be silly, plastic and unsophisticated. I see how they could be seen as fun and comparatively innocent, but I personally prefer the edge and cynicism of the 90s.
Yeah I agree. Born in 1971. The 80's seemed so tacky, even when I was living in the midst of it all. Tacky and saccharine.
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