The character seems to really enjoy the 60s. For me I can't live before the age of information. Which you think is better and why? Bear in mind the 60s aren't as good as they show it in the show or movies, even 60s movies.
shareNo time is perfect and people tend to view the past with rose colored glasses but my vote would still be the 60's
I think people were less shallow and had more self respect
Better music, movies and fashion
Better Food
Cost of living was better for working class people
I'll visit the 60's any day. In the 60's no AC and not as good healthcare wise.
Politicians and diapers need to be changed for the same reason
The AC was around in the 60's
Is healthcare really that great for most people today?
AC wasn't widespread because there were buildings with ventilation.
That started disappearing with "energy-efficient" buildings mandated in the 1970s. "Energy-efficient" turned out to mean "buildings with little ventilation". Great in the winter for keeping in the heat. Not so great in the summer because it, well, kept in the heat.
Elvis had an ac very early on.
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I lived in both. The bacon was better in the 60s, but i prefer the 21st century.
shareThe 1960s were the beginnings of modern culture that we know and love. Fifty years is about as far back as any person could go in time and still blend in.
The past is a great place to visit but don't get seriously ill, put into jail or sent to a mental hospital. The book goes into great detail about the hidden realities of the era like pollution, open racism, open sexism and clearly defined class distinctions. While knowing the stock market back then would have been great for the long run it was not easily accessible by average people and did not show the kinds of returns we see today. Al was very right about laying low, making small bets and getting a respectable job. Society was far less mobile back then and everyone noticed when someone new showed up in town.
It would be great to be able to spend time with family members who were alive back then but have since died.
But in terms of how regimented so much of life was back then and how backwards society was in terms of personal liberties and equality, I'd much rather be in the 21st century.
Just consider things like
- very limited family-planning options
- how hard it could be socially & in some cases legally to get a divorce
- modern conveniences like air conditioning (rewatch Psycho if you haven't seen it recently--set in California/Arizona), microwave ovens, modern washing machines & dryers, dishwashers--think how much time these save in the course of a week
- women were mostly expected to stay at home, getting pregnant and raising kids; employment outside the home was mostly limited to working as secretaries, retail clerks, teachers and nurses
- women needed men to sign for them to get loans or open credit card accounts
- discrimination against racial minorities was widespread and LEGAL
- if you were LGBT, forget it
- there was the constant fear of nuclear attack
Put me in the 60's, please!
Leave me there.
I'll be between the age of 8 and 18. My enlightened years. I may get a chance to see the Beatles. I'll rediscover my first love. Purchase and drive my first car, and hey!...I'll even be able to work on them.
Gas will be between 25 and 50 cents per gallon. House $20,000.
Mom and dad will still be together.
The food WILL taste better.
I have none of those things in the 21st century
I'm a child of the '80s, so I can't tell how much of nostalgia for the '50s and '60s is just nostalgia or points to something real. I have to admit that I like the clothing. I think we've gotten sloppy with how we dress. People from that era sure seemless cynical than they do today. The racial discrimination is, I think, a deal-breaker for me. I hate to see anyone get mistreated for something so shallow as skin pigmentation. But the music sure rocked!
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shareWould it be cool to visit the 60's in a time machine? Yes. Would I want to live there? No thanks! I'm 26 years old. I like my technology and internet very much. And The innovations with cars, traveling, homes, appliances, and even medical care, I think we are light-years beyond what existed in the 60's.
shareAs someone who has lived in both, I definitely prefer the 21st century. Information was so hard to find back then. And women were so limited in what they were allowed to do. They couldn't even get credit cards without their husband's permission. As a girl, I wasn't allowed to wear jeans to school. When it was below zero, I could wear long pants *under* my skirt, and I remember doing gymnatics in PE with shorts under my skirt. I would have loved to take woodshop, but that was just for boys. And as bad as racism is now, it was much more overt back then. And the smoke was awful. My dad ended up in the hospital many times from people smoking in his workplace. Heck, even in the 1980s when I started teaching, students in my college would walk into my office with a lit cigarette, and would be surprised when I asked then not to smoke in my office. But the halls were filled with smoke.
shareNeither sounds appealing.
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