Do remember this America? (enemies, generations, Reagan, drugs)

[KonaldDuth]

An America where new inventions that increased our standard of living were hitting market rapidly?

Where there was enough room for everyone to have a house and yard within commuting distance of a good job?

Where your income was going every year while at the same time the cost of living was going down?

Where there were no school shootings?

Where 1 man working a 9-5 job could raise multiple kids and still have money left over for retirement?

[No_Recess]

The "I wish it was 1955" thread...a C-D staple.

[CCbaxter]

It went to quarterly earnings calls and ceo types 'returning value to shareholders' and not taking care of customers. It went the way of people who treat others that disagree with them as enemies as opposed to fellow countrymen. It went the way of iconic institutions crumbling under the weight of their own greed and ineptitude.

[Livejack]

Lovin the images. Parents are 94 and 90, married 71 years, still living on the farm and doing well. The changes they have seen (and can still relate) in their lifetimes is , to me, more extraordinary than any other generations will ever go through.

[neko_mimi]

One man's income can still raise multiple kids. Just not his kids. He gets to pay for other peoples' welfare babies instead.

[jacqueg]

That America was run on the ruins of all the other industrialized nations - we were the only ones standing. Not gonna happen again any time soon.

Agreed, the Depression/WWII generation had experiences that ran the gamut.

There are other photos of that America that are not nearly so benign.

[desertdetroiter]

That America went away because Americans didn't want to pay for it anymore. And when they could've fought to keep it, they instead elected people (namely Ronald Reagan)who did everything they could to get rid of it.

No sense in whining about it now, but yeah, I remember that America.

[Livejack]

Originally Posted by jacqueg

That America was run on the ruins of all the other industrialized nations - we were the only ones standing. Not gonna happen again any time soon.

Agreed, the Depression/WWII generation had experiences that ran the gamut.

There are other photos of that America that are not nearly so benign.

So agree, and not saying all was wine and roses for my parents. In fact, the opposite....

Nothing wrong with a moment of childhood nostalgia and reminiscing about the total innocence and ignorance we woke up to each day...

[Mattks]

Hey, this must be from my neighborhood. oh wait, it doesn't exist anymore...
I like where I live; rural/suburb area, no crime, no drugs, decent jobs, plenty of homes under $150K, kids play on the street and it's not a worry to anyone, 10 minutes to work, we know all our neighbors and we cook each other food and give each other produce from our gardens, people are friendly, nobody cares if other kids or pets roam each other's yards, but still enough privacy. The downside to where I live is the weather...

I couldn't live in the 50s, being in an interracial marriage would make that time period not as pleasant as today.

[shiftymh]

You could also drink at work and grab a secretary's ass whenever you wanted to.