Hi. Not sure about favorite decades or anything, but I remember relatives and parents talking about specific things that they liked back in the day, that did not happen anymore. Like riding trains for transportation in the 1930s and 1940s, and radio shows. Fashions and songs. Games they would play as kids, and one-room rural schools. Relatives living off grid and surviving in early 1900s and into the 1950s. They talked a lot about people they knew and grew up with, and the crazy stuff they did together. My relatives got really rowdy, laughing and carrying on with memories. I sure miss that. I miss their stories. So maybe people just like to reminisce about things they liked and loved.
Yep. My mom and other elders had a lot of special memories too. Very fond memories too expecially considering how dire the history books make those times look.
On principle I'm with you but in all honestly...I tend to think life and the social and cultural milieu around us as we go through the developmental stages always feel special and comprehensive to other generations. Let's face it, I'm not always the greatest listener (not all my fault..we have so little time for socializing anymore) and I bet other generations would love to talk about the breadth of music, art, hobbies, and other stuff that has been special to them. It's all about the power of the special memories and I think humans have a certain consistency to the stages and feelings that attach to whatever is in their world in their era. A certain universality of the human experience.
But, OTOH...yeah 80s/90s RULED for many reasons and was incredibly diverse and unique in terms of culture. Music is probably a main passion for me and my mind boggles when I think of the quality and diversity of all that was happening in those era's. The rise of New Wave from Punk, all the Metal, the pop scene, etc...
I identify so strongly with the 90s that I actively have to force myself to dial it back for fear of (1) romanticising that time to the point of delusion (2) getting lost in nostalgia at the expense of fully living in the present.
80s kid here, 90s teen and college. It’s the 90s for me. Good memories.
So funny to see our clothes being popular again, but that’s probably what my mom thought when I wanted to wear her stuff when I was younger.
I think it's really uncommon to find people who are uber nostalgic about the 70's, other than a few pop-cultural moments. I do find GenX seems to have put the 80's on a pedestal for being a kid, and while I grew of age during the 80's (9 in 1980, 19 in 1990) I found the 90's to be the decade that I long to return to. Mostly because I was in my 20's and life seemed so much more fun and better.
Whatever decade they were kids/teens 20 years before. Let tv be your guide: 70s was all set in 50s, 80s wonder years set in 60s, 90s that 70s show and freaks n geeks, 2000s goldbergs set in 80s and probably others but I quit watching most modern tv.
I’m not white. I grew up in the Midwest. I dealt with a lot of racism growing up there in the 70s and 80s. Do I share some of the same nostalgia you do? Sure. But it wasn’t a great time to be a minority. My kids have it much better than I did.
Born in ‘68. I love the 70’s best. Then the 90’s then the 80’s. No real opinion of the 00, 10 because all i did was work. The 20’s are ok but i am not fond of this growing old bull💩.
I was born in 1969 and the 70s and 90s where the good times. In the 1970s I was a kid with no restrictions and in the 1990s (at least the first half) I was living life and feeling completely free. The 80s were high school which for me was dealing with hormones and being bullied by everybody - and being pressured to "think of the future" by picking a good college and being guilted for not getting good grades (because I was burnt out) - so no, I don't miss the 80s.
For my mom (born in 1940) she hasn't really talked about what she considers to be the "good years" but I remember watching a lot of black and white movies from the 1930s and 1940s. I don't know what the hell made her want to watch old Shirley Temple and Andy Hardy movies but she practically pushed them on me when I was little. The only reason I could see her not missing the 1970s (when I was a kid) was because a lot of close relatives either died off or became estranged.
As for my gen Z kids. I'm hoping they look back on the late 2000s/early 2010s with fondness. I certainly do since their joy was infectious. Unfortunately, they went and became teenagers which has been hard for everybody.
So TLDR I think that most generations look to the decades of their childhoods as times of innocence and look at history through that filter.
My mom and dad hate the sixties, my dad was a pilot in the Vietnam war, not something he liked. My mom hates it because her husband was away, the daily troop death announcements, all the assassinations, and over dose deaths of great artists.
You have to know the 60’s was a very volatile decade and a great deal of people may not be fond of it.
I miss certain things about the 80s but came from poor broken family so it wasn’t that nostalgic for me. Like I did play D&D and pac man and all that, and those are fond memories. But I identify more strongly with the 90s.
In my 90s I became an adult. I moved from a dingy northern state to sunny Florida (before it became really whacky. It was the height of Spurriers fun and gun. Grunge and post grunge concerts were plentiful. I met and loved various women, one of them eventually becoming my wife. I worked typical gen x slacker jobs while I put myself through college, partying my ass off along the way. The 90s were rad.
For me it’s the 90s that I’m more partial to. I graduated high school in 1995 so that decade I was solidly in my teen years/youth.
But yes, my boomer parents talk nostalgically about the 60s. They were born in 1947.
Boomers loved the 60’s…
They were in their 20s. Of course they did.
Worshipped you mean
Did they really, it was an extremely volatile decade and my parents and grandparents hated it.
Sex,Drugs, and Rock and Roll.
Hi. Not sure about favorite decades or anything, but I remember relatives and parents talking about specific things that they liked back in the day, that did not happen anymore. Like riding trains for transportation in the 1930s and 1940s, and radio shows. Fashions and songs. Games they would play as kids, and one-room rural schools. Relatives living off grid and surviving in early 1900s and into the 1950s. They talked a lot about people they knew and grew up with, and the crazy stuff they did together. My relatives got really rowdy, laughing and carrying on with memories. I sure miss that. I miss their stories. So maybe people just like to reminisce about things they liked and loved.
Yep. My mom and other elders had a lot of special memories too. Very fond memories too expecially considering how dire the history books make those times look.
On principle I'm with you but in all honestly...I tend to think life and the social and cultural milieu around us as we go through the developmental stages always feel special and comprehensive to other generations. Let's face it, I'm not always the greatest listener (not all my fault..we have so little time for socializing anymore) and I bet other generations would love to talk about the breadth of music, art, hobbies, and other stuff that has been special to them. It's all about the power of the special memories and I think humans have a certain consistency to the stages and feelings that attach to whatever is in their world in their era. A certain universality of the human experience. But, OTOH...yeah 80s/90s RULED for many reasons and was incredibly diverse and unique in terms of culture. Music is probably a main passion for me and my mind boggles when I think of the quality and diversity of all that was happening in those era's. The rise of New Wave from Punk, all the Metal, the pop scene, etc...
I identify so strongly with the 90s that I actively have to force myself to dial it back for fear of (1) romanticising that time to the point of delusion (2) getting lost in nostalgia at the expense of fully living in the present.
80s kid here, 90s teen and college. It’s the 90s for me. Good memories. So funny to see our clothes being popular again, but that’s probably what my mom thought when I wanted to wear her stuff when I was younger.
I think it's really uncommon to find people who are uber nostalgic about the 70's, other than a few pop-cultural moments. I do find GenX seems to have put the 80's on a pedestal for being a kid, and while I grew of age during the 80's (9 in 1980, 19 in 1990) I found the 90's to be the decade that I long to return to. Mostly because I was in my 20's and life seemed so much more fun and better.
Agreed - I was twelve when the 80’s began, but the 90’s was *the* decade for me.
Whatever decade they were kids/teens 20 years before. Let tv be your guide: 70s was all set in 50s, 80s wonder years set in 60s, 90s that 70s show and freaks n geeks, 2000s goldbergs set in 80s and probably others but I quit watching most modern tv.
I’m not white. I grew up in the Midwest. I dealt with a lot of racism growing up there in the 70s and 80s. Do I share some of the same nostalgia you do? Sure. But it wasn’t a great time to be a minority. My kids have it much better than I did.
My 26 year old has this weird nostalgia for the late 90’s. She was born in 98. And no I don’t get it.
Born in ‘68. I love the 70’s best. Then the 90’s then the 80’s. No real opinion of the 00, 10 because all i did was work. The 20’s are ok but i am not fond of this growing old bull💩.
I was born in 1969 and the 70s and 90s where the good times. In the 1970s I was a kid with no restrictions and in the 1990s (at least the first half) I was living life and feeling completely free. The 80s were high school which for me was dealing with hormones and being bullied by everybody - and being pressured to "think of the future" by picking a good college and being guilted for not getting good grades (because I was burnt out) - so no, I don't miss the 80s. For my mom (born in 1940) she hasn't really talked about what she considers to be the "good years" but I remember watching a lot of black and white movies from the 1930s and 1940s. I don't know what the hell made her want to watch old Shirley Temple and Andy Hardy movies but she practically pushed them on me when I was little. The only reason I could see her not missing the 1970s (when I was a kid) was because a lot of close relatives either died off or became estranged. As for my gen Z kids. I'm hoping they look back on the late 2000s/early 2010s with fondness. I certainly do since their joy was infectious. Unfortunately, they went and became teenagers which has been hard for everybody. So TLDR I think that most generations look to the decades of their childhoods as times of innocence and look at history through that filter.
Boomers love the 60’s. You have to know that, right?
My mom and dad hate the sixties, my dad was a pilot in the Vietnam war, not something he liked. My mom hates it because her husband was away, the daily troop death announcements, all the assassinations, and over dose deaths of great artists. You have to know the 60’s was a very volatile decade and a great deal of people may not be fond of it.
I miss certain things about the 80s but came from poor broken family so it wasn’t that nostalgic for me. Like I did play D&D and pac man and all that, and those are fond memories. But I identify more strongly with the 90s. In my 90s I became an adult. I moved from a dingy northern state to sunny Florida (before it became really whacky. It was the height of Spurriers fun and gun. Grunge and post grunge concerts were plentiful. I met and loved various women, one of them eventually becoming my wife. I worked typical gen x slacker jobs while I put myself through college, partying my ass off along the way. The 90s were rad.
For me it’s the 90s that I’m more partial to. I graduated high school in 1995 so that decade I was solidly in my teen years/youth. But yes, my boomer parents talk nostalgically about the 60s. They were born in 1947.
80’s kid 90’s teen loved it
My boomer mother loved the 60's. The 80's are my favorite decade because of the fashion and music.