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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]

People and society was MUCH LESS POLITICAL back then and politics in general was still seen as something only sleezy people get into. Same for most government jobs, and also private sector jobs like lawyers, etc.

People were more friendly and less divided over race and other things back then, because they weren't politicized and made worse by politics and corporations.

Hardly anyone watch "the news" other than older people for a 30 min segment at night, (10-15 min current events, 5-10 min weather, 5-10 min sports was the norm for the 30 min.)

Johnny Carson/Jay Leno and Entertainment Tonight were the big evening programs.

The Simpson's were still relevant and funny until the early 2000s.

Video rental stores were big and caused a huge drop in movie-cinema goers in the 1990s but there was still a huge weekend cinema crowd at movies. Movies were $1 per person in many places, $4 per person for the fancy new release theatres.

Pizza Hut and Sonic were the main chainfood hangouts for anyone under 35 then, and they had smoking and beer for sale at them.

Driving the drag and cruising in hot rods or the parent's station wagon was still HUGE in the 1980s but starting to dwindle by the late 1990s as video games and internet started getting everyone inside.

1980s was the advent of cable TV and HBO type programming, 1 HBO and 1 Cinemax Channel was the norm on top of the basic 10 "free" channels. Motels still advertised "air condition and HBO" as big come ons in the 1980s, while A/C was the norm then, HBO was still a draw.

Cell phones were starting to get popular in the mid 1990s, but still considered for yuppie, lawyers, and geeks/nerds.

Home computers were still nerd stuff until the late 1990s as AOL got more normalized and internet became more widely available.

Music that was the big hit stuff was still Rock and Roll, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Country (was getting Hollywood country starting with that fat Garth Brooks in the 1980s) and old school hardcore Rap like Ice T and NWA.

The air was getting clearer by the mid 1990s with cat converters and phase out of leaded gasoline, and vehicles started improving once again in comfort and longevity from the 1970s-1980s fiasco in autos. Gasoline was still under $1 a gallon in most of the USA until about 1999 when it started trending up.

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