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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Asking specifically X-ennials, Gen X, and Boomers, who were wage-earning, taxpaying adults during the 1990s - so no rose-colored childhood glasses. I'm also specifically asking those who grew up in the United States, I wouldn't ask people who grew up in Rwanda or Bosnia or Chechnya this question.

Were the 90s actually better, economically, culturally, technologically (as in we had the right amount of technology - not too much?) Were things actually better then, or is it really only a matter of millennials thinking their childhood was the good old days. Also, a possible counterpoint is that we have progressed since then on LGBTQ and racial issues, for the most part, so the 90s nostalgia might be very concentrated among white, middle class, suburban millennials. What I think I'm really getting at besides the whole "is nostalgia real" question is, was it actually easier back then to work a steady job and afford things, and were we healthier as a society before smartphones and AI.

Bonus points if you are old enough to vouch for the 80s as well. [/quote]

I’ma X-ennial.  I remember one day in high school where I reflected on how lucky I was to be born in the United States. Medicare was fully-funded.  I never expected to worry about retirement. We were the must powerful country in the world. I never expected to worry about a war on our home turf. Everyone was kind to me, and I thought all Americans were treated that way. (Looking back, I was pretty, but didn’t know it.)  I got into my dream college with very little effort, and I felt invincible. Iirc, we’d already fixed the hole in the ozone layer.  Sure, I was taking a foreign language, but English was the future. I feel bad for my kids, who are being raised in a less optimistic era. [/quote]

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