Living the American Dream, 1950s Suburban Life

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EXT white clapboard suburban house. INT house, bedroom, woman opens wardrobe door, takes out tie. Man sits on bed getting dressed for work, woman walks over and passes him his tie, good wife, housewife.
INT bathroom, woman puts her lipstick on in the mirror. EXT front door of suburban house, young couple waiting, man opens door and they walk in. Could be boss invited round for dinner, dinner party. INT hallway, man takes woman's coat and hangs it up in built in wardrobe, suburban dream. Woman and two men look around living room, taking tour of new home. Smiling woman greets men and woman in living room, hostess.
EXT patio, teenage boy and girl dancing. Tame teenage party.
INT stunning modern kitchen, large kitchen, teenagers getting food. Women in kitchen, housewife takes food out of fridge. Mod cons. Woman puts dish into oven. INT dining room, two glamorous women walk through and take tray of food to men who sit in living room.
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[@Revo2Evo]

Back when houses were actually affordable.

[@markycervantes2525]

@Libturds Suck Nope your republican president George W. Bush caused all that, in fact Obama helped us out of the recession. The Economic Stimulus Act was a failure from your last Republican president before Donald Trump.

[@markycervantes2525]

@Libturds Suck incorrect information, Obama within his 8 years of presidency only made 5.7 trillion in debt, while Trump made 7.3 trillion dollars within 4 YEARS, if Trump was voted a second term he would indefinitely more than double of the debt of Obama. So your run along and be a good dog to your corporate greedy overlords that don’t give a shit about you..

[@joshuabalondo4454]

Unless both of those Republicans and Democrats are doing nothing about the USA for being good. They ruin everything and become a laughingstock.

[@richthick]

@Libturds Suck When you run out of facts and you have to throw out insults.

[@miranda9691]

I dont have a horse in this race but It was Clinton that started the domino on the house meltdown in the 90s

[@danieldennison5435]

I remember as a teenager in the late 40’s and 50’s my parents would have “dinner parties” similar to as shown.. they would stay up till 2-3am listening to Sinatra etc... a simpler time perhaps

[@Av0l1tion]

Are you alive now

[@danieldennison5435]

Sushi cat yes, more than ever

[@macaryl95]

Dude you are like 90 years old?

[@danieldennison5435]

VOLAIRE'S MINION not quite, closer to 80 :-)

[@cricketwastaken]

Daniel Dennison awwwe :-) stay safe during these times! The elderly are more likely to catch the virus and I don’t want you getting hurt!

[@purplepolarbear5052]

THOSE DRESSES AND SUITS are you kidding? so gorgeous, i wish people still dressed like that

[@xx-yd5mm]

Fun fact! You can still dress like that!

[@user-od1fm3hs9c]

@@xx-yd5mm That made me laugh! Yes, you can indeed dress like that if you wish. Personally, I like to dress comfy. The one good thing to come out of lockdown is that I have discovered the joy of lounge wear. No more high heels either.

[@user-od1fm3hs9c]

@Sylvie Kb - who said anything about sloppy or ugly? I guess it is about how you view yourself. I feel beautiful and have pride in my appearance. It is not your clothes that do that, it comes from within. I feel and look great in comfy clothes. Each to their own though.

[@xx-yd5mm]

@Sylvie Kb My sister really likes a simple sundress - comfy and easy. I myself really like oversized shirts and sweatshirts - also comfy and easy! Maybe she looks a bit fancier but being pretty isn't our tax for being alive. Self respect is taking care of yourself and sometimes that means not having a full face of makeup and perfect hair.

[@user-od1fm3hs9c]

@@xx-yd5mm - I agree. ❤

[@annelarsen4343]

I miss those days and I wasn't even born yet

[@seanleith5312]

I dream someday in 22nd century, we could live a life like that, only if women can be as elegant.

[@millennialodyssey5956]

Same lol. It had its disadvantages but there was way more freedom and people were way more fun to be around. I find the most fun people I have ever hung out with was born in this time and I'm a millennial.

[@tinahuttner7280]

Ahh hell no, people expected you should settle down and have kids,if you didn’t they would think there was something wrong with you. Even my mom said that bout my dad cause they didn’t get married till their mid or late 20s.

[@em23]

@@pbug867 if i had a wife who would dress like that i WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM filling her closet with that kind of clothing and shoes.

[@brigadierharsh1948]

@@tinahuttner7280 There is something wrong with you if you don’t want to settle down and have kids, whether you be a man or a woman. The idea that is pushed that young women in particular can be just as happy in a career as they could be in raising their own children is ruining society and, most importantly, making so many young women miserable. If you have a problem wit settling down you either still have a lot of growing up to do or are in denial, this is a part of human nature.

[@kevinkane7667]

Young, healthy and rich is good anytime and anywhere.

[@yondabigman4668]

Seems boring for women not being able to do a degree all because of the fear of being look down upon. Women aren't even able to explore who they want to be.

[@user-jx4wd9ur6v]

And WHITE.

[@LionofLight777]

@@yondabigman4668 🤔

[@tanyarastogi1110]

Not for many European royal youths in medieval times...

[@yhb4682]

@@user-jx4wd9ur6v yeah especially in the 50s

[@khiggins7231]

That 1950s housewife looks REALLY good!

[@jcp1756]

Grandma that you?!

[@JohnSmith-fs8bu]

@@jcp1756 grandma had that WAGON

[@Jo_Wardy]

My gramother was in her late 20s and early 30s during g the 1950s.

[@chumon1992]

I like a lot of the hair styles and the way most dresses were really straight and flowy

[@truesurrealist]

She was gorgeous

[@gibsonguitarplayer]

I was born in 1955. I remember our homes in my neighborhood were like this. My mom always wore dresses, heels, and lots of jewelry. Like Donna Mills. Everyone was thin. Saturday nights were it! Neighbors stopped in, men wore suits, mainly appetizers and all the adults smoked. But they looked elegant. They played a lot of card games and sent all us kids to the basement to play and not bother them. It was a simple time, oh I would love to do it all over again.

[@garykaplan7728]

I was born in 1960, but had a similar experience as you.

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

I was born in 2001. All the people were fat, all the people were socialist, all the kids went indoors once we got laptops and phones, all the people were stupid and can’t understand consequences of actions, all the people were social justice warriors and that brings us to today where everyone is still exactly this. It just becomes a bigger issue every year, more fat, communists who don’t understand actions have consequences. YOU BOOMERS DID THIS TO US 😭

[@rickbailey189]

That pretty much sums it up. You didn't bother the adults unless you needed something. Couldn't stand all the smoking though even if it was fashionable. I'd just go outside to play with the rest of the kids. Sometimes I'd come back inside the house. Looked like it was foggy. Just the damn smoke.

[@wgcds7jyg897]

@alissa Kartavtseva Yawwwnnnn. Can’t people just enjoy the happier times without some nitwit bringing up race? I grew up poor, but I don’t begrudge people who grew up rich. Get some new material, bub. It’s getting old. 😜

[@garmtpug]

We were poor and never had dinner parties. My father had to work two jobs and had only one evening with us otherwise he was working. At home my mother did not wear dresses, heels, or jewelry. She had work to do and very little can get done in that sort of get-up. I was born in 1950. We read books, played games, tended the gardens, and practiced our instruments. On Saturdays we would drive into the city for our music lessons which was always an exciting day. Once in a while relatives would visit but besides that, there was really no one else. We had to make do with second hand clothing, no desserts or soda, and nothing fancy for meals. But we were happy and healthy and enjoyed our lives. Most of the people in our area were farmers and not into the dressing up and having parties. I don't think this film is very accurate as to the majority of Americans at that time. It seemed almost like propaganda telling everyone how good they had it.

[@litamtondy]

People, stop complaining about how nobody dresses like that today, clear the path and start doing it yourself!

[@maxwellfan55]

WELL SAID!

[@soleil5923]

Omg I miss these times!!11

[@colejohnsondrums]

That's what I do!

[@haniap8939]

yeah id rather die than dress as if i was an obedient wife

[@maxwellfan55]

@@haniap8939 Hania, you don't need to be a slave to obedience to look nice in the eyes of a man.

[@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669]

Men actually wearing a suit for guests instead of a sloppy flannel shirt and sneakers....mindblowing🤯

[@anneb889]

Yea, but the women were vacuuming in heels and pearls......it’s all relative.

[@MikkoHere]

You forgot the trucker’s hat.

[@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669]

@@MikkoHere That too.

[@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669]

@@anneb889 Nothing wrong with that.

[@AMoore-jm3md]

@@anneb889 the only put that on for aesthetic reasons for the husband, 5 mins before he came home.... they didn't tidy up and wear pearls all day for the usual house work

[@melvynn11]

I want that home. It looks so cozy.

[@LuisAngel-mu4zv]

cozy? is that a new word youngsters say ? its really hip

[@melvynn11]

are you kidding me? cozy is a very old school word, sir! @@LuisAngel-mu4zv

[@newjerseylion4804]

If you black keep dreaming

[@sofaslapper8715]

It does, but you’d probably die from the asbestos.

[@haithamalsuaibe473]

@@newjerseylion4804 what?

[@MidnightVentures]

Being able to actually watch this vintage stuff is kind of amazing.

[@classiclife7204]

Yes, brought to you by the world that all the old-timers here think is horrible and depraved. Hashtag: irony.

[@scarletpachyderm]

@@classiclife7204 Yeah. While it is really interesting to see this, the 50s also had stuff that were terrible, and are better now. Time changes and improves over time. It wasn’t a simpler time. they just were too young at that point to see anything wrong with it.

[@scarletpachyderm]

@@classiclife7204 kzbin.info/www/bejne/lV6ycnx3naecfsU

[@MrEjidorie]

When my parents were newlywed in Japan, the American way of life as described in this video was an ideal life which many Japanese people dreamed of during 1950`s and 60`s. Young Japanese people worked very hard at that time in order to lead such wealthy life as Americans enjoyed.

[@MrEjidorie]

@Shecky Shabazz When I was an elementary school pupil in Japan in 1960`s, I used to enjoy watching American soap opera on my black and white TV, and I learned that American kids in my generation were better off than Japanese children. My life in my childhood was frugal by today`s standard, and I was told by my parents that Japan had lost a war against the United States, and I understood that no wonder Japan was defeated by such a wealthy and strong country. The national power of the United States is on the decline if compared with 1950`s and 60`s, but the United States is still the strongest nation economically and militarily even today. As China and Russia do not hesitate to demonstrate their ambition to invade neighboring countries, the United States is expected to be a champion of democracy and freedom in the world.

[@bearsuitClan]

@@MrEjidorie Well said. and yah, America boomed big time after the war. We reaped all the benefits of becoming the world super power

[@justarandomdude.9285]

Dude, we all wish for such living.

[@rollitupmars]

White Americans enjoyed*

[@spicygolf7277]

And then the 80's came.

[@Matt_from_Florida]

This was the *LAST* decade in the U.S. when it was still considered an embarrassment for the husband if his wife worked, because it meant he didn't make enough money to take care of his own family.

[@victoredwardo9485]

That sounds stupid as fuck. Why not be a power couple and be fuckin rich together!!!!??!?!;

[@bighands69]

@@victoredwardo9485 Back then it meant if both parents were working that the family was not raising the children and that it may have been a stranger raising the kids. Back then it was much easier for a household to live on one working parent and not two.

[@justintime995]

@@John-X Nope, studies show women are happier and have better self esteem when they're working. Take that far right garbage back to the manosphere.

[@Pureimagination200]

Matt from Florida my husband still thinks this and so do his coworkers as none of the wives work Because the husbands make so much money. I’m not kidding. It’s been like this for the last 24 years at his company. Once you have kids, the wife stays home.

[@Matt_from_Florida]

@@Pureimagination200 Interesting. What kind of business or industry does he work in?

[@temporaryexistence1974]

Both women and men looking classy, everything works.... Thanks for smashing it Frankfurt School.

[@yassineszn17]

@John nah it was litteraly everyone

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

@John You do realize that the USA actually had the highest quality of life in the entire world in the 1950s right? It really was great.

[@tia6059]

Have you ever read The Stepford Wives?

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

@John Well the USA was over 90% white back then so yeah.

[@slouberiee]

I just wonder why feminism is cosidered such a bad thing in the US eventhough the "women liberation" happened in every western country... only in the US you blaim the feminism for everything that is bad now in the US. Women can vote, most of them go to work eventhough they have kids in other countries and it's not such a big deal... why it is so bad in the US?

[@koalabear3427]

The husband put a clothing item on a hanger and put it in the closet. I re-watched it 24 times 😍😭

[@QED_]

@Koala Bear: Don't be fooled: it's only because he knows it's being filmed . . .

[@susie7336]

Hahahahaha!!

[@tinabaker70]

YES I know 🥰🥰🥰 My grandfather's did that. Always got real dressed up hat and all❤

[@jbkawaiiholic]

😂

[@tmcleodjr]

I can explain that I'm a man. That item was a "stole." Virtually all men have always done that with stoles. Is it OUR fault women no longer wear stoles?

[@ultra_marcus]

meanwhile in 50's Britain my Dad informs me that everyone in his street shared the same toilet.

[@antman5474]

he had it lucky

[@NasikaSakura]

Especially in tenement or converted tenement housing.

[@pegleg2959]

Lmao. That wasn't everyone in the 50s. America had 'slums' as well, and the UK had its own middle class.

[@CB-fz3li]

@@pegleg2959 That's true, however the UK was still suffering the effects of the war in a way that was never felt in the US with food rationing only ending in 1954.

[@cristinafmyeah]

In Spain were the neighood houses big houses were several neighood live in one room each other with one bathroom for every one, and how in Spain lived in a dictadure anticonceptives were forbiden, so people have ten or even thirteen kids. Sorry for my english

[@teabiscuits3692]

Nowadays that house would look like a murderers hideout

[@protalukoriginal4560]

T r u e

[@G_Silent]

Tea Biscuits looks like the soul survivors house

[@deutschlander2004]

SilentGaming agreed

[@anitasmith4559]

LOL!

[@charlesthedeadlifter4376]

Or Trap House

[@lowbridge7070]

I was born in 1969. So, I grew up in the 1970s when 1950s nostalgia was very popular. And I was swept up by it. I just fell in love with the 1950s decade. By the early 1980s I was in high school and being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional household. One day during class for reasons I cannot recall, they rolled in the school 16mm movie projector and played for us kids a few of those old, antiquated 1950s short instructional films on how to date, how to be polite, etc. My fellow classmates laughed through them. The wooden acting, the cheap production values, the over-politeness, the innocent slang of the time (golly, gee, swell, etc), the squeaky clean activities (a picnic, a carnival, bike riding, dinner with the family, etc.) I on the other hand wasnt laughing. I found these films to be quite sweet and charming. A sort of time capsule of a more kinder, innocent era. Don't get me wrong. I had no illusions. I was well aware that the 1950s weren't so perfect and innocent. No decade is. All decades have their faults. But still, it seems to me that there were SOME things they were doing SO RIGHT in the 1950s that we were doing so horribly wrong in the 1980s as well as today.

[@frankytrevor7]

AGREE! I had an abusive, dysfunctional household, too. This films were a dream to me too!

[@annietang9599]

She’s so beautiful.

[@howardwayne3974]

That's right babe ! She could have been my mother . my mom was HOTbecause she made the effort to LOOK hot every time she left the house ! No sweatpants or shirt , always stockings , a dress never bluejeans , ect ect

[@JasmineSurrealVideos]

The blonde is

[@talesofthecrypt-o4980]

She would have a friends only account today

[@NameGoesHere341]

10/10: would bang

[@acatthatlookslikehitler1277]

@@NameGoesHere341 Dear god she’s probably 90 right now.

[@rand49er]

I was born in Jan '49. There was entirely too much smoking by nearly everyone back then. My mother didn't smoke, and dad would have a cigar which he stopped in the '60s. I recall going to other people's homes as a kid. As the evening wore on, we would get tired and be put on a bed with the adults' coats. I would fall asleep listening to the laughter in the other room as the adults played cards. Falling asleep to laughter is the best.

[@argent5196]

Omg you joined KZbin Before I was born..

[@Eirikr430428]

Press [esc] to go back.

[@chriscugno5265]

Eirikr430428 esc

[@samanthagibbs9137]

Eirikr430428 lol no

[@LOWBORN-the-LOATHSOME]

More like ctrl alt del

[@Profile.4]

Nah I'm good. I'll go to Germany 1935 tho

[@patriotwave3975]

@@Profile.4 based

[@TrueGold88]

70 years later and this house is still better than many worldwide houses these days....

[@weareorigin]

Current suburb homes have smaller windows, and less windows. Or have to buy a mcmansion made of particle board with vinyl plastic siding.

[@didforlove]

yea wateva

[@felixman97]

It is amazing how in america they already had build-in kitchen appliances in the 50s, while here in eastern europe at that time we were still cooking on coal powered stoves or simple electric stoves, the luxury of built-in stoves arrived here somewhere around the late 90s, america was truly ahead of time!

[@eratosthenes10]

Because of communism?

[@felixman97]

@@eratosthenes10 yes

[@user-qd3lc7zb6n]

Remember that wolrd war 2 happened in Europe

[@eratosthenes10]

Romania?

[@garykaplan7728]

I visited the Czech Republic in 2010 and 2013 and saw some nice western style homes and neighborhoods being built.

[@albertjose8879]

RIP to classiness....

[@classiclife7204]

Damn kids these days!

[@normhardy]

Such thin and trim adults, pretty women, handsome men, wholesome attractive teenagers, all in this short video. Fun to watch and dream about. Driving that mid-1950's American automobile. Safe and secure in the suburbs. Happy Days.

[@fluffynator6222]

And those nice white-hooded gentlemen going about.

[@normhardy]

@@fluffynator6222 You can find a negative about any situation and interject it to throw a wet blanket over it.

[@fluffynator6222]

@@normhardy It's not like that's a little negative, having Nazis going around might be a bit dangerous.

[@eriknoi0558]

@@fluffynator6222 they are still around👀

[@dianasmile2518]

Attractive teenagers? How old are you?

[@katieprater4417]

Why am I crying it’s so nostalgic

[@Mitzi73]

If this was 2021, the men would be playing Playstation and then women would be sitting across from each other looking at their phone.

[@boboyamyams]

we fcked up

[@MorenitaBonita19]

2021? We don’t even have genders anymore 🙄😒

[@23wdj]

The men would be playing call of duty and the women would be watching tik tok ASMR videos

[@samiam1417]

I came in here to make a joke about social distancing but holy shit how can such a small comment thread be so.. like this

[@coolandgood1010]

@@redbomb3576 Wish it were the 50s again.

[@RandomU5erName]

This period was so great that the children of these people revolted in the 60’s

[@janikb3538]

It’s because teens by nature like to rebel no matter how good of a childhood they had.

[@moutusighosh285]

I'm glad they did or rascism, sexism and homophobia would still be normal today :)

[@kadafi4lyf]

​@@moutusighosh285 systemic racism wasn't criminalised by hippies, it was criminalised thanks to Brown, Mendez, MLK and countless other non hippies

[@Nikita-dt7ll]

@@moutusighosh285 the world is a hellhole now where you can’t provide for your family with one job but at least gay people can have butt sex! So awesome

[@richardwahl1902]

I didn't! And I know of NO one, who did, WE, taught our kids the same values we were taught, and my kids sure as Hell didn't 'revolt'.

[@gametimewithjamie]

I have an aunt in Louisville she would be in her 70s now and I remember as a kid she would show me photos of her house and the street she lived on. It looked like this video, so in 2005 she took me and my mom to see it and the street was a dump and the house was old and falling and apart you could see it had work done to it but no love in it

[@gametimewithjamie]

My aunt passed away in September of this year at 78, I now have no way of seeing the house she grew up in anymore because I never thought of getting the address when I was younger

[@localshithead7430]

@@gametimewithjamie May your aunt rest in piece, I'm sure she left behind many beautiful memories for people to remember her by. Though it's a real travesty you didn't get the address, perhaps some thorough internet research could help you out. Thanks for sharing your story with us, peace.

[@vintageangelique2203]

I love the women's hairstyles. The blonde's and brunette's hair looks so shiny and healthy. 💖💄

[@garykaplan7728]

My mom was a school teacher. Thursday was an important day for my mom because after school, she would go to the beauty parlor to get her hair done.

[@rainbowtrout]

the blonde's hair was every bit as nice as Grace Kelly's.

[@cowboybebop8273]

I love women hairstyles in the 50s genuinely beautiful

[@pookatim]

@@garykaplan7728 Yes, my mom went to the beauty salon pretty much every Saturday.

[@harrybriscoe7948]

Lead based hair conditioners were great The brand with uranium was popular

[@janeless5083]

Me: 50s was so pretty Also me:👩🏾‍🦱👁👄👁

[@Luna-ry8lv]

LMAO

[@blyat5352]

?

[@Luna-ry8lv]

@@blyat5352 she means she is black so the 50s in US would not be a good time for her

[@jayleenv.7975]

LMAOOOO FR

[@STONESGAM]

A lot of men who were in their 30's in the mid to late 1950's were in WW2 and also were children during the depression. So this was their time to live the good life. They still were expected to work hard and then enjoy the fruits of their labor. Some of the things that these men saw during WW2 probably stuck with them through their entire lives. My grandpa for instance passed away in in 2008. He was a mechanic in the air force during WW2. He wasn't on the front lines but his unit saw a lot of action. He never liked to talk about his time in the service even when my dad asked him about it. But once he randomly spoke about it to me when we were together around a holiday during the Iraq war after 9/11. He said "when you have been in war and seen piles of bodies of 19 and 20 year old boys stacked up dead on top of each other you are going to be a lot more hesitant to be sending them in again".

[@VULTBY]

Ahhhhh the 50s😍

[@stalkinghorse883]

Yes, when there were only 57 communists in the government!

[@danfrick220]

Drunk again. Yeah I know.

[@monkeywkeys3916]

You betcha 😉

[@melaniegonzalezart8506]

@@stalkinghorse883 To your point, as opposed to how many now?

[@ezniyazov7970]

Doubt that house had A/C

[@benoitpelletier959]

I was born in the 90’s why I am so emotional watching this. I feel like we lost something, so special and unique. Today people do not live like this.

[@sunnyrain8403]

50s bathrooms are so cute!

[@GlamandFabQueenTV]

Dont we just love to go back to this kind of life? Elegantly dressed people, no rushing to work, people were kind and welcoming. Family values were instilled in the kids. This is what used to call the American dream life.

[@VegaTakeOver]

they sold us out

[@Jaxymann]

If by "family values" you mean racism, misogny and homophobia being not just pervasive in all levels of society, but *legally enforced*. This was an era where black Americans could not vote or go to the same places as whites, where women had no means of escaping abusive husbands by divorce, and where LGBT+ people just like myself were *killed* just for existing. So no, it was ANYTHING but a "dream life".

[@en3769]

Those times were a living hell of conformism....the fake smiles and hipocrisy were ubiquitous.....the amount of intrafamily violence and abuse was under reported due to the Shame of It....Sorry, the reality was awful for most women....

[@rollitupmars]

@@en3769And people of color it was only good if you were a white male.

[@KD400_]

The nuclear family unit has been destroyed in America. Also feminism has brainwashed most women today. They think its oppressive.

[@suzuh5060]

I love watching the old Alfred Hitchcock series......this is what's showcased. It's so amazing to see how they behaved, dressed and lived back then. The cars and homes are always a treat to see. I'm completely fascinated by that era.

[@jchow5966]

I just love seeing clips from the 1950s. I would love to go back temporafily.

[@peggysullivan5396]

Love the narrators 1950 voice you hear so often on old commercials like this

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Peggy, how are you doing?

[@avecaesar617]

"What guy's actually want"

[@liftwaffe3659]

@random 65286 yes

[@dragonlukasmapping805]

@random 65286 yes fuck this 2010s trends where are those times 1900s-2000s that nobody care about this shits oh yeah SJW and commies destroy it good job :)

[@thepianist7084]

@random 65286 I'm not fine with people constantly accusing me of being racist simply because I'm white and constantly accusing anyone in the 50's for racism and sexism simply because they lived in the 50's. Today's world of blindly accusing others of these things is causing these things to increase. In this way, the 2020's are worse by far than the 1950's. We're in the era of false accusers.

[@thepianist7084]

@random 65286 Good for you. I also won't apologize for those traits either, in spite of the demands.

[@doodoohed]

@random 65286 yes

[@thurstonrider]

Many of these postwar 'American Dream' houses are considered luxurious and often sell over the $1M price point (depending on location). My grandparent s built their own home based on this same typical layout (large multiple livingroom windows, large spacious utility and bathrooms, central furnace, ect.). It sold for $327,000 back in the 90s (Washington State). These houses looked plain but were rich in comfort, asbestos, and lead paint.

[@thatkindcoder7510]

*Breathes in* "Ah, you gotta love the smell of freshly applie-" - Wakes up in hospital bed

[@beccamarie9782]

I love their fashions back then! Everything about this video is beautiful!

[@Enr227]

My family house and family life in the 50’s definitely wasn’t like this. I hope no one confuses these almost -upper-middle class families with most of the families in America, working class, servant class, and poverty -same as now

[@sparklesparkle5046]

Thank you for saying this. People seem to forget that the vast majority of Americans in the 1950s did not live like this.

[@thepeter3116]

What was the average wage then and what was the average apartment price?

[@Enr227]

@@thepeter3116 My dad earned $60 a week in 1960 (not “Mad Men” right?)-and our house cost $12,000 in 1956. It’s now worth 200,000 but not for sale. Best wishes to you in the world of consumer capitalism

[@intermilan9731]

Yo you still sound pretty rich tho.

[@Enr227]

@@intermilan9731 I rent a refrigerator and feel rich with gratitude 🙏🏼

[@dmays8960]

That woman at 1:15 is gorgeous. People actually cared about how they looked back then.

[@danwordgod2017]

Haha, old good, now bad

[@oc2431]

Well I'd argue that people nowadays still care about how they look, its just that style, fashion, and taste has changed.

[@dadevi]

I hope you realize that these are actresses. They don't reflect the average person.

[@samiam1417]

..just because someone doesn’t fit your personal taste doesn’t mean they don’t care about how they look

[@user-ce8xx8kz1i]

I still care about how I look. Stop projecting and pretending your personal shortcomings reflect the entire fucking collective

[@donnadeandean2720]

My parents bought a home in the 50's for 12 thousand in L.A. county. Today the same house is worth over a million now. It was a happy time.

[@didforlove]

that's how much your money has devalued it only tells you how poor we have become

[@sandmedna3056]

this was America at its finest. I remember how my mother will be all pretty waiting on my dad to come home from work. we all sat for dinner, my dad will talk about his day, my mom hers, then us. I loved those beautiful memories. tv will sing National anthem we will go to bed.

[@takayama8060]

People didn't have their human rights acknowledged. Finest my brown eye.

[@wgcds7jyg897]

@@takayama8060 Ok, Debbie Downer

[@takayama8060]

@@jdmarti100 Yeah but only for the savages.Good thing they are on the decline and the second amendment has meshed well with modern fire arms which are now in the hands of the new generation of human rights advocates are not into that foolish pray and march nonsense so thankfully the reality of the 1950s is never coming back.

[@penny4thought168]

@@wgcds7jyg897 It's important to acknowledge the truth, even if it's triggering.

[@iitsmadii]

Tv singing national anthem every night sounds like something that would happen in Russia or North Korea, pretty odd if you ask me.

[@bluetickfreddy101]

Thats exactly how my mom and dad did it. A wonderful lovely time. Thanks

[@sii9423]

They make those old houses and decor look good. It really is how you breath life into things.

[@electraglide9357]

Don't forget all of those lovely architectural asbestos products throughout the house! Vinyl floor tiles and siding by Raybestos! Raybestos popcorn sparkle ceilings and wallboard joint compounds! Yep, it's a keeper! Just smell the freshness!!!

[@v.r.2834]

Electra Glide 😂

[@bighands69]

Those people in that era were still far healthier and the materials used in the era were more than likely wood. It was not until governments started to regulate homes and auto that asbestos started to take over.

[@SMac-bq8sk]

Kind of like the brain-frying 5G network of the 50s, huh?

[@dirtbikekid2851]

Now people just die from obesity lol

[@richardwahl1902]

If you lived it, you didn't realize it, YOU, can see it through hindsight, but then?.......it was the way it was, no excuse needed.

[@EvanP88]

I’d love to have a house like this, much better than the crap modern decor today. I just wish we still dressed like they did, even seeing pictures of my relatives irl, everyone just looked better. Edit: guys thanks for the likes, most I’ve gotten on a comment😂

[@Illumirage]

and they looked happier

[@jimenaa.berger]

I know!! I just can't stop feeling jealous beacuse I won't ever live like that. I mean, I am thankful for the times I am living, but I would have liked living those times

[@VCRider]

Go for it. The houses still exist, decor and clothing as well.

[@Illumirage]

@@VCRider Oh really? Where?

[@VCRider]

@@Illumirage research it on the internet you dumbo. This is not the 50s anymore ..

[@beznazwy6184]

This is the America the world would like to see. The one that everyone in the world wanted to get to. I'm not from the US but I watched America on TV all my childhood, all my dreams came from there. I promised my mom that one day we'd see New York from the Brooklyn Bridge. Now I wouldn't even want to go there on a trip, I appreciate that I live somewhere else.

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

Well unfortunately that America is disappearing.

[@cooper8318]

I'm American and I used to want to visit New York and California. Today, you couldn't pay me to go there. I used to enjoy weekend trips to Chicago, Ill never go again. Our cities have fallen

[@jchow5966]

Quality clothing was elegant & affordable back then!

[@allisonrogan6991]

I have a 1950s home and it is lovely

[@jeffpagan7735]

The middle class is gone all the jobs are in china, mexico, india, pakistan ect. The garment industry, steel industry, car manufacturing and pharmaceuticals are gone. You can graduate university and remain jobless. Buying a home is a pipedream for most.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

I blame Democrats, Liberals, illegal aliens, Femanism and no fault divorce for the down fall of the American working class!

[@melaniegonzalezart8506]

@@jonmacdonald5345 Hear, hear!

[@LukeTheArtist96]

@@jonmacdonald5345 That's because you're a dumbass.

[@susanemoldvan2644]

Same in Canada

[@chrisbondio2394]

You are 100% correct. Those where the days when the average "Blue Collar" worker could actually purchase a home. This country has unfortunately turned into a sad state of affairs. I'm 56 now. I long for the earlier times. 70's & 80's were it for me.

[@reinhardt5405]

Those type of women are a mythical creature now.

[@natalief6661]

Maybe in the US they are, but not here.

[@goldenrepublic6848]

@@natalief6661 where

[@user-qd3lc7zb6n]

At least not in Russia or Turkey or Greece

[@goldenrepublic6848]

@@user-qd3lc7zb6n so women are women in Russia and Greece

[@RidinMyGrandmasCadillac]

@@goldenrepublic6848 i live in Greece,and no, they are not..

[@joed5419]

2020: House was bulldozed 17 years ago to make room for a strip mall

[@miztenacioust1758]

😔 Sad and probably true.

[@maheenm.k1015]

No one goes to malls anymore. Malls are being abandoned. Gone are the days of going to the mall after school.

[@Rontlc3317]

@@maheenm.k1015 I still go I’m old school at heart

[@BenWillock]

Malls are mostly dead, more like tearing it down for a Walmart or something

[@olivesama]

@Anti-commie Spray That might make you feel good, but it wouldn't fix very much.

[@desertrat5543]

If ya miss the way they dressed, start doing it. And you will attract the right kind of people into your life. I found myself into this style, because I couldn’t afford much more than thrifted clothing. Now, I have plenty of money for basic, new clothes. But it doesn’t have the personality that vintage does. If it’s hard to find your size, there are lots of clothing patterns for vintage styles. I often find the fabric I need in a thrift store and make my dresses and skirts. :)

[@eadecamp]

Even thrift clothing Can look great if you know how to do it.

[@johndonlon1611]

Both my parents were WW2 veterans and for them this was nothing short of heaven.

[@CamAteUrKFC]

My house was built in the 50's. On the blueprints, the basement living room is called "The Leisure Room". I bought it a few years ago from the original owner and the basement still had the cedar panels and ba with the rock wall lol

[@maxwellfan55]

People are saying 1950's American suburban life wasn't like this. Maybe so, but sad that so many comments are so angry, swearing and embittered. I guess reality is somewhere in-between but I do remember my mother and father dressing like this and behaving with common dignity. As a child I didn't care that my father didn't "interact" the way he is supposed to nowadays. Instead I used my imagination, played with my toys and my friends, and knew he was tired from a days work. Both my parents read books and said prayers to me and my brother before going to sleep, mother was always caring and dutiful. Is that so uncommon for the 1950's, is that so wrong?

[@tomloft2000]

one thing about the kitchen-the freezer compartment was on the bottom here.later they went to the top of the unit.years later they went back to the bottom.also,a formal dining room is not necessary for most people today,

[@maggiemojica1057]

Absolutely love that grey and black dress ❤

[@reginaowens6866]

This music that "floats." I am a child of the Motown era.

[@jag5798]

Reminds me of my mom, always dressed well and gracious. How I have fond memories of a time where families were a whole.

[@dragonlukasmapping805]

Oh yes beatiful US suburban times 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, 2000s. Simple times. (those are decades where american dream was that everyone want)

[@karlstriepe8050]

I grew up in a 1950s tract home in the 1990s in the South Bay community of Los Angeles, specifically Torrance. These tract houses were build for one-income working-class families, with the husband usually worked in the aerospace industry, the large airplane and rocket factories of which dominated the area. Today, in 2021, the factories are gone, although the corporate headquarters remain. And the houses are now incredibly valuable despite being small and dated (my parents bought for 200K in 1990 and sold for 800K in 2015). I bet the original owner paid 20,000.

[@didforlove]

overpopulation and inflation did that

[@artvandelay5956]

My life is just like this in 2022. It's amazing.

[@rishotnongkhlaw6113]

I need a Netflix show about people living in the suburbs in the 1950s

[@Lilly-hh9es]

With depressed housewifes 😁

[@danwordgod2017]

@@Lilly-hh9es And segreggation.

[@darkheathen6765]

@@danwordgod2017 no one gives a shit

[@danwordgod2017]

@@darkheathen6765 Ok Boomer

[@darkheathen6765]

@@danwordgod2017 I'm 24 you leftist wimp

[@myfitfysique]

God I miss the good old days!

[@HeyItsCharlie]

It's 12:18 am. I'm watching this video with tears in my eyes. I miss this, I miss everything about it... I miss this and I was never there. 😭

[@sjp4u338]

I was..... and I miss it too. 😢. Find someone who wants to live it with you...now. 😊

[@clown6771]

we miss.. segregation?

[@lisha.3691]

every era is better when you're rich

[@lisha.3691]

Libturds Suck Shut up you incel

[@bdfunke]

People now would rip down the wallpaper, get rid of the dining room, and knock down the wall between the kitchen and living area of that house to create a more open flow to the house.

[@jalifritz8033]

Yes and? Families and house owners have different needs than back in the 50ties.

[@bdfunke]

@@jalifritz8033 relax dude. It was just a pithy observation.

[@Elligons]

Don't forget the high grade wall paint, mixed with wholesome lead.

[@ohioitis200]

What was nice is that they had beautiful, well made quality things, but not much "stuff". They had what they needed and kept it a long time.

[@1940limited]

I love the background music. Cute.

[@Rontlc3317]

Gosh such simple times!!!I was born in the early eighties so lol I still got to experience the 90s.However ,the fifties seem so kool.

[@garykaplan7728]

I grew up in the 1960s which was similar to the 1950s. A lot of great memories, but I would not want to give up the conveniences I have now.

[@allevangelistchristianssuc8662]

In the 1950s, all men were jaw-droppingly handsome & dressed in suit & tie, and all the women were as stunningly beautiful as movie stars & accepted their roles as gracious entertainers with grace & aplomb.

[@takayama8060]

and a lot more bigoted as well. Thank god for hell.

[@TheEDNC]

Those were the days!

[@water9892]

Ok boomer

[@TheEDNC]

Michael Myers Everyone, and I mean every adult man riding the NYC subway to work wore a suit and tie, women wore business suits as well even though they mostly worked in typing pools. There was no litter, no graffiti, and not one lady standing on that packed subway train.

[@TheEDNC]

Nancy Botwin We as a nation had just defeated the Nazi and the Imperial Japanese forces combined. We honored the memory of the men and women who sacrificed their lives in that effort, so we stood proud as a nation, with respect for each other, even in the way we dressed... out of RESPECT FOR THEM! There was even respect for open debate without the disrespectful animosity we see today towards each other.... we were all Americans looking to move forward, TOGETHER AS A YOUNG & FREE NATION not backward. It was indeed the best time to be an American. (Note: It wasn’t perfect by any means, racial injustice was prevalent for instance.)

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

@@water9892 Bro you're probably a coomer yourself.

[@water9892]

@@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath coomer?

[@malikedmond8398]

Welp this what happens when I watch to many 60s 50s and 40s vintage videos like Betty Davis, viven leigh and etc . Idk how KZbin got me here but I like it.

[@Jo_Wardy]

My grandmother lived through this decade as a young woman during her late 20s and early 30s

[@chickie8252]

I still have one of those kitchens, because I'm living in the house I grew up in and I haven't been able to upgrade. I'm pretty sure that refrigerator door opening up on top of the wall oven got old real fast.....

[@prestonbrooks7418]

Nice fallout 3 music during the dance

[@allthatjazzspaz95]

This makes me angry

[@prestonbrooks7418]

@@allthatjazzspaz95 it’s actually in the game

[@brendalara1210]

@@allthatjazzspaz95 triggered lol

[@jimmartin7881]

@@allthatjazzspaz95 Yes, the ignorance abounds.

[@geraldscott4302]

Totally modern. And not a computer in sight. Those were the days.

[@curtislowe4577]

2:20 I have never seen an oven like that. Myself and all of my public school friends' parents' homes were built in the 50s. I can only recall one friend's parents that had a built in oven (after remodeling) and it was the ordinary glass in door that hinges down type.

[@ryangonzalez6918]

Gotta love how this family makes their home their home, I love how they're cooking and entertaining nicely. It's like artful civilized living.

[@huwinner2428]

What we didn’t realize back then was that this entire lifestyle was built upon debt. Not just debt to the bank but also infrastructure debt. Every highway, every street, every stoplight, fire hydrant, and power line needed to be financed. With the post war boom, it was easy to pay for the up front construction cost, but as we built more and more, eventually the bill comes due. Every state in America has crumbling infrastructure; the “Largest infrastructure bill in history” addresses only 20,000 miles of the 173,000 miles identified as in poor condition. 10,000 out of 45,000 bridges in a state of disrepair. Yet we’re still building more. This single family living style is admirable, yes, but far too heavily subsidized and the true cost of this kind of development is hidden.

[@sommertreap5553]

Not just debt of the future generation, but also robbed raw land from the Native Americans, resources from foreign colonies, and money benefited from the wars and from the post-war world financial system. Basically it was built by enslaving the world and the future generation of Americans.

[@Jhihmoac]

A simpler time, when people actually participated in home activites... Children were riding bicycles, involved in youth organizations, and team sports... Not like today, where nobody in the family even gets together for Sunday Dinner, let alone the Holidays, and everyone has their face buried in their smartphones, computers, and game consoles...

[@moutusighosh285]

Ok boomer

[@Jhihmoac]

@@moutusighosh285 - What's the matter millennial - ya piss in your sippy cup again?

[@joeusue6403]

@@Jhihmoac lol

[@richardwahl1902]

Uhhhhh.....that about sums it up!!

[@howardwayne3974]

What hath god wrot?

[@GRLDYLEE22]

The song literally spot on!!!

[@DesignYourLifeTips]

When is the time machine can be launch? I need to go back to this time that I belong 😫

[@DanteTimberwolf]

@Ejendi Fjdndid I'd go as far as the 1920s

[@Eric345]

What if you’re black?

[@Eric345]

@Ejendi Fjdndid You’re a racist! This America is dead. Now we live in the age of rap! lol Where we have white girls loosing their manners & twerking. 😂

[@kee7374]

@Ejendi Fjdndid “I’m not black so it’s not my problem” “I’m not racist” this is why I can’t take white people seriously, y’all never think straight

[@intermilan9731]

@@Eric345 I would immigrate to africa lol. To my people.

[@arnaldosandoval453]

This video is like walking into Samantha Stephens' house, Bewitched

[@elleh3495]

I am an avid fan/collector of vintage 50s items. I still can't wrap my head around wearing heels on a plush carpeted floor inside.

[@markdagostino9666]

Not everyone else lived like this.

[@slickrick2420]

Exactly. There were people living in shacks

[@caulkins69]

​@@slickrick2420 Their counterparts in 2021 are living in tents.

[@cooper8318]

Most did though

[@latinirba4953]

This kitchen from 70 years back is more modern than ours now.

[@williamrobbins5562]

My parents who were teenagers in the 1950s did not have houses like that. They were both children of hard working immigrants who preferred their native languages to English. They lived in crowded inner city apartment houses alongside other immigrants and their children facing similar circumstances... BUT here is one major difference between today and the 1950s. Pretty much every single person my parents grew up with ended up getting higher education or going into business and becoming upper middle class. The people livening today in the apartments houses my parents grew in up for the most part are living the trajectory of generation after generation of cradle to death welfare dependency. In the 1950s you grew up in a tenement and you wanted to work your way out. Today too many people expect welfare to get them out.

[@connormacleod7010]

Thank you for the Great video

[@mattcarsnmusic]

Around the 1:35 mark, “Swing Doors” by Allan Gray is playing in the background. No doubt where Fallout may have gotten some ideas from original videos like these. Classic and very cool!

[@jimmartin7881]

"May have gotten"?

[@ChristianNewsandInterviews]

They dressed beautifully and the people for the most part were trim. Those were the days before fast food.

[@aleksandari.7834]

Those were the days that led to fast food.

[@shadrach6299]

They were trim because they weren’t on computers and cellphones. They didn’t have multiple cars either

[@clowndriver5576]

This is an advertising.

[@o-o857]

those were the days where racism hurt everyone who wasn't a white man

[@classiclife7204]

The only legitimate "kids these days" complaint on this comment section. It is absolutely shocking how obese we have become. There's a statistic map comparing 1990 - 1990!! not 1950! - to 2018 on Google somewhere, and it's frightening, something like 7 to 10 times the rate. It is a virtual national suicide.

[@natasamladenovic1765]

When people where gentlemen and ladies. What happened to the people? Whereever you look, people barking at each other...

[@sjp4u338]

We live like a bunch of pigs today. My apology to swine everywhere. 🐷🐷🐷

[@worldsoldestcivilization]

The decline of religion.

[@user-dk7mz1py7l]

@@worldsoldestcivilization yup religion and morals

[@bearsuitClan]

nostalgia for the past life

[@BoneyWhy]

I was born in 1951. We didn't have a house like this, but some of my friends did have these kinds of houses. Everyone was so much more at ease then. There might be a fight, but people didn't automatically pull out guns. A couple of punches usually was it.