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[quote=Anonymous]The energy and optimism.

Fashion and contemporary styles in general were vibrant and exciting.  Movies and music were youth driven (MTV, the Brat Pack).  TV was focused around wholesome families (Full House, The Cosby Show, Family Ties, etc.) and over-the-top excess (Dallas, Dynasty, Fantasy Island, etc.). Inflation was high but the stock market was climbing and businesses were booming, and while labor unions and factory jobs were declining, they were still significant.  We were worried about nuclear weapons, but it felt like we were finally winning the Cold War as the USSR was dying.  Our President was telling us it was “Morning in America” and cracking jokes.  Racism and sexism were still concerns, but it felt like we’d triumphed over the worst of it and that our younger generation would sweep out the vestiges with the passing of the older generations.  Computers went from room-sized mainframes that belonged to major businesses and institutions to desktops that even middle-classed families could own and knew it was just the beginning of the future.

Basically, we felt like we were at the start of a bright and shiny future, both personally for Gen-Xers like myself, and also for the nation and even the world in general.[/quote]

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