Mid Century Home life -- The 50s

A union worker at home and at work. His wife goes grocery shopping.
They listen to the radio. He reads the newspaper. The middle class was being formed.
Couples play bridge. Families go to church. The children go to school. 1950s
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[@TheBluewaterBlonde]

I grew up in the 1950's. Anyone who had a job could afford to buy a house. Anyone, even the guy pumping gas at the gas station could afford to buy a house. Now not even two paychecks can afford to buy a house.

[@lemonielala3080]

Well.. If you were the right color... Those government sponsored mortgages were only eligible for people of a certain hue. Unfortunately.

[@TheBluewaterBlonde]

@@lemonielala3080 No, this is the 1950's. No special mortgages and government not involved at all. Everyone could buy a house, literally, and they were good homes, not shacks, average going for $10,000 for a 3 bedroom 1 bath home to $30,000 luxury home. These are prices here in So. CA, probably even less elsewhere. Times have changed for the worse on property values. Did you grow up in the 1950's? We all thought buying a house was just something you did if you were working.

[@thegeeg1751]

The economy changed due to the "ANTI feminist" movement! Then we women were forced into the workplace.

[@TheBluewaterBlonde]

@@stephanipeloquin4631 Neighborhoods were segregated by public choice, not by any government program. People just feel more comfortable living close to those who share the same culture. It has always been that way -- it's why we have China Towns, Little Italy's, and when I was living in L.A. near Wilshire and Fairfax, the Fairfax area was all Russian Jews with wonderful delicatessens and bakeries.

[@stephanipeloquin4631]

@@TheBluewaterBlonde you're absolutely right about this in so many ways. People do tend to prefer living and socializing with people like themselves, when that's all they've ever known. And in those days, middle class white suburbanites did not have close daily interactions, as equals, with people who were not also middle class, suburban and white. So even though there was no law against a black family buying a house next door, you can bet your ass the neighbors are not going to be rolling out the welcome wagon. The bank officers are not going to approve the loan. And the property value *will* literally go down. That's a historical fact. That's what happened back then. The minute there was a pretty reliable word on the street that a POC was buying a home in white suburbia, white flight was triggered. Some people moved strictly because of the fact that their property value was about to take a hit, which doesn't seem racist. Others moved because they'd be damned if they'd "live in the same neighborhood as some damn n-words", which seems hideously racist. All the white folks who sold their houses through the white brokers (complicit in the whole white flight affair) were all aiding and abetting racism by their own choice. It's always us white people who have the choice in the first place. Chinatown and all the other places exist because new immigrants seek out familiar people at first, and then they never find diverse and integrated society we *should* be by now, so they stay where they're accepted. Like we all do. It's starting to happen. It's just sad that it has to be such a fight for so long. It really shouldn't be a fight at all. I mean, we really *argue* questions like which lives matter. What a stupid question, right?? Hahaha! Happy Christmas 🎄✝️ Thank you for your perspective and your awesome answer and thought provoking statement☯️

[@TheTeacher1020]

In those days, one paycheck could support a family.

[@simosc2]

that's true...I have a receipt for my dads pay in the 50s or 60s for $56 for 44 hours work week..my parents raised 3 children on his income....we can learn from the past if we will

[@lisalu910]

One paycheck can still support a family - I know many families who manage on one paycheck, including my own.

[@shavaughn1980]

TheTeacher1020 I'm a stay at home mom and we live what is pretty close to a 1950s lifestyle. My husband doesn't make a lot but we make it work. We don't have cable and I don't buy a lot of premade or frozen food. We make sacrifices so I can stay home with the kids (we have 4) but it's worth it.

[@grooveythoughts]

Back then they didn't spend like crazed, bored, drones as we do today. Look at any long weekend ... what is the hi-lite going to the mall. Families got by with hand me down clothes, one phone, one black & white TV, a old radio, shared bedrooms with siblings, fewer toys, and less food than we have today. Now this man had a UNION job, many others lived with no insurance, no worker protections. Work hours when with the company needs not worker's rights as they do today. The wife often had only two formal dresses one for shopping and one for church...it was taken off as soon as she got home. We had home clothes and school clothes. No one ever wore their shoes without galoshes in winter---that is over boots. A family could not afford to pay for new shoes more than twice a year. A vacation meant a trip to see distant relatives... not time to visit Florida or elsewhere. They miss a lot of reality in these cheap (isn't america great) films.

[@shavaughn1980]

*****​ that's a great point. I need to keep this in mind when I'm embarrassed by wearing the same 2 dresses to church every other week and when I fell bad about going to the thrift store for clothes for my kids. I can't even remember the last time we went to the movies or the mall.

[@Bbtwink]

Crazy to think how much simpler it was to have a home built back then

[@lindamattioli7943]

Better

[@supermom23]

I don’t really think it was all that much simpler. People were just more willing to sacrifice to save back then. It was the WW2 mentality and they embraced it. Young people now just don’t really get the sacrifice part of it. Like you can’t buy a $5 Starbucks coffee every day or wear Lululemon leggings. But it’s just a different generation.

[@frances4797]

​@@supermom23Their priorities are definitely different that's for sure! Door dash is not "essential". Eating is essential. There's a difference lol.

[@guysabol8743]

$9K for a Levittown home on LI, our home cost $16K in 1952! HIX just N of levittown

[@fuksmkoud6716]

from working in a factory too. its insane

[@Im_so_Retro85]

I envy that generation. They worked hard, but had something to show for it at the end of the day. Now we work ourselves to the ground and can't even afford rent or food, much less own a home. So many of us have 2 or more jobs and still struggle.

[@noahhabeger1342]

Not only that most of us have to had roommates too

[@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031]

Humanity truly is a failure.

[@creeguyvernon]

1950s, you actually had to push your lawn .mower haha, I guess the small engine had not yet been invented yet, lol

[@MisakaMikotoDesu]

You can still have something to show for working hard. You probably think 40 hours is a long time, when it should be the bare minimum.

[@xbemos]

Great comment and so true

[@shirleyhill2982]

It now takes 2 people working full time to stay permanently in debt.

[@Agm1995gamer]

Sure Why not Buy a house, two cars, three brand new iphones every year and a 60" screen then cry about debt.

[@captaindestruction9332]

Aviv Gannon buying a house and two cars isn’t necessarily bad if done right. Buying a house outright and not having a house payment and buying two used cars fully paid off. Of course that’s not how most handle things. They put it on the card or take out loans because they want the newest thing/the house NOW. Can’t bring myself to sympathize with people who do things to themselves.

[@Agm1995gamer]

@@captaindestruction9332 exactly what i meant

[@lorrainewadsworth9019]

Shirley., when i first read your comment i thought you'd made a typo error by writing 'in debt'.... im thinking you mean 'above water'... realised you hadnt made a mistake., i had !!!

[@kayem7152]

Captain Destruction93 there’s lots of pressure on the US to keep up with the Jones’s

[@lyman135]

I love how the neighbors come over to play cards and they're wearing shirts and ties.

[@rowdyrx6109]

lyman135 We lived in a neighborhood where just about every morning one of the neighbors would stick her head out the window and yell “ coffees on”! Everyone knew everyone. No one had a t.v. Then (1948) kids were out side till the street lights went on. I was 6 years old. No 24 hour news cycle,no mobile phones

[@rowdyrx6109]

Mamma Mia many woman as well as men do not know how to grow old gracefully and look and dress like they just got out of bed

[@DDios-ih9de]

@Mamma Mia 😀😜🤗

[@Elflacito]

rowdyrx sounds like shit my boi

[@halibut1249]

People used to dress up to fly on a commercial airline. Now you see gym trunks, tank tops, and smell of too much body odor. People used to be much skinnier too. I think it's that kids ran around much more outside. Now they stay inside with computers, get driven everywhere instead of walking. And jeans - that's what farmers wore when working in the fields.

[@rayward9726]

I was born in 1953. My parents had a house built in 1956 for $11,400. 25 yr. mortgage @ 4% interest - $99.00/mo. Those were some good times.

[@edithbannerman4]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@kathleenackerman1162]

I remember this era- yes, most families lived on one paycheck, but we also lived quite frugally. Our houses had one bathroom, one telephone, one TV set. No air conditioning, no dish washer, no clothes dryer. Most kids shared their bedroom with a sibling or two. Stay-at-home Moms often did not have a car. There was no cable bill- and depending on where you lived, the number of TV stations your antenna received could be limited. We lived in the NY metro area, so we had 7 stations-which was a lot!. Kids only got new toys on their birthdays and Christmas- except for little things that could be purchased with one’s allowance money. I would get 25 cents every other week (when my Dad got paid). That might buy a ball and jacks plus a box of candy, or I could pool my allowance with my sister’s and we could get paper dolls. And yes, our mothers all told us to “go out and play”. We were expected to play outdoors every day unless it was raining or a blizzard.

[@aunch3]

What’s your point? That you could have a nice home built for $11k because you clipped coupons? You can clip coupons all day today that’s not gonna by you a custom built home

[@ggwoman]

@@aunch3 the point is that people today waste their money on crap like Starbucks, video games, smartphones, cable TV, instant meals, third-party sites like Amazon, latest fads and gadgets, junk.

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

Because those technologies were relatively recent at the time, and thus a lot less cheap proportionally. It's a matter of technology, not of them being "frugal". As for going out and playing... well, that was before urban freeways, built because every single one of those families that moved to those idyllic suburbs all had a car, and all wanted more lanes because they didn't want to idle for hours in traffic. So, urban neighborhoods got bulldozed to the ground to make room for more cars. And then more cars. And even more cars. And today, traffic's worse than ever because traffic has never been solved by adding more lanes.

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

@@ggwoman The point is that OP doesn't understand economy or technology, and clearly neither do you.

[@deborahgrysko2427]

I played in blizzard. Had fun. Really.

[@therealbologna2]

They had one paycheck, a family of 6, and were able to build their own house. I can’t even afford a studio apartment with my salary

[@Deleralia]

How? I don't see why people are having so much issues with living on their own. I'm doing just fine making enough to live with enough for some videogames every month.

[@thes.a.s.s.1361]

Keep in mind people had more take-home pay. No medicare tax yet. Plus no one had cell phone, cable/satellite bills like we do today.

[@paulskopic5844]

Budgeting is the key, a $600.00 cell phone is not a necessity.

[@jamesrogers47]

You choose to have cell phone and cable or satellite bill. You could get a no contract phone and watch broadcast TV. A lot of what people see as necessities are actually luxuries.

[@therealbologna2]

@@jamesrogers47 I think if I took away my phone, TV, and other luxuries, it still doesn't make up for the fact they had one income for a large family and were able to build their own house.

[@mynameisbob6628]

I think if you went back in time and told them what the world would be like in 2019, they’d be horrified.

[@izzy18111]

Mynameis Bob have you seen a movie called Blast from the Past? I thought of it when I read your comment and the reaction the dad in that movie had to how much things had changed.

[@Poway19]

Isabel Ramirez IMO that movie illustrates perfectly how people and society changed over the decades.

[@shaytvasmr7884]

Seriously 💯💯💯💯 it’s sooo fucked up these days

[@freespiritable]

@@limon6592 add to that the amazing news that they'd live longer.

[@opentrunk]

You couldn't pay me enough money to go back to that

[@rebeccaeverhardt214]

I wish we could still live I a time like this. Simple, innocent and happy.

[@carmarasmussen8118]

Those days are long gone. This country has become a dystopian nightmare. 😮😮😮

[@larryyouguessame6078]

Happy for who?..You think minorities were happy?..whites only…no jobs…racism everywhere?…sheesh

[@missneko280]

yea sir straight white oriole

[@missneko280]

people

[@ramseygarcia1409]

I wish we could live like this too. Life seemed more happy and nice.

[@aggienodari453]

This was very nostalgic. I grew up in the 60s and early 70s. I have very fond memories growing up as a kid. We never stayed indoors. Playing sports in the morning, having lunch, going to the local community pool, walking back two and a half miles hungry as ever. After we ate dinner, we played more sports and came in when the street lights were on. No wonder why we were so thin and fit. School was great, no drama we all got along.

[@ShawnBen]

You really got along with everyone in school! You must have went to a miracle school where everyone acted like Mary Poppins and Peter Pan! People got bullied back in the day. The main reason was being born to a poor family.

[@patjones5723]

Ahhhhhh sorry...we got bullied back in the day too 😢😊

[@aggienodari453]

@@patjones5723 You're right, but there was nothing better when you stood up to a bully and then became friends.

[@randomnes8221]

@@aggienodari45313 year old here, now you get bullied for simples things like having a old phone or for no reason at all

[@aggienodari453]

Have confidence my friend. That makes you stronger.

[@kmuniqco]

Why old narrators sound the same.. It's like the same man in every documentary

[@SimranYTSUBSCRIBE]

Lol ikr

[@jesushernandez6140]

I think it's called the mid Atlantic accent, I saw it on KZbin and it's pretty cool

[@kmuniqco]

@@jesushernandez6140 Its a pretty cool accent 😁😁😁

[@whathandleUtalkabt]

Back then 📺 were just coming out. The beatlea disnt even come out yet so guy probably had a narrators job on entire east coast.

[@oozhaboo]

He stayed busy

[@paulh7589]

Do you remember your parents telling you to be home when the streetlights came on? During summer break my friends and I would try to finish our chores as fast as we could so we could jump on our bikes and go about being kids. If one of us had too many chores that day, the rest of us would pitch in and help so we could all jump on our bikes and go about being kids. It was common for my friends and I to wind up 15 miles from home at age 12. Six of us got horribly lost one afternoon in a neighboring town. We finally swallowed our pride, went to the police station, and begged the officer to not tell our parents (out of sheer embarrassment). The officer called his brother who came by a few minutes later with a dump truck. We loaded our bikes in the back and jumped in with them. He brought us back to our neighborhood and made sure we all knew where we were. We made him promise (like 12 year old boys do) to not tell our parents. What a great memory! 12 yrs old riding in the back of a dump truck for 20 miles and none of our parents ever found out. I told my Dad about it during lunch when I was about 40. He knew all about it. The Policeman, Policeman's brother, and all six of our parents never said a word to any of us about it. The Policeman told my Dad that we were terribly embarrassed for getting lost and wanted to keep it secret. Isn't that cool?

[@kristina8312]

Im pretty young 21. But my mom didn't want me to have a phone till I was 14. We had the same rule when the street lights come on you gotta run home. we got to stay out longer during the summer and I loved it. Also really cool story id cry if I ever got lost 😂

[@madtater5948]

we didn't have street lights where I was raised it was all dirt roads and shacks I was told to be home before the coyotes came out at night

[@patfarmer9193]

Amazing story! Oh how I wish I could’ve experienced a lifestyle like that in those days.

[@paulh7589]

@@patfarmer9193 Thanks Pat. We are all 56 now and still best friends. We still blow each other shit just like we did when we were kids. It was a magical time to be a kid. We explored our surroundings without intervention, and talked about everything while we did it. We even named our dicks together. It was truly a blessed childhood. Sadly, one of us passed away last Monday.

[@Eggnog88]

@@madtater5948 That’s unfortunate

[@kandykate163]

I miss neighborhood grocery stores, it was more intimate and knew everyone. Now we have big box stores that are cold, distant, and alone.

[@RRRIBEYE]

My wife and I retired to a very small, rural community. It has a bank, a service station, convenience store, library, medical clinic and a grocery store/meat locker. Our population is 300 and we thoroughly enjoy this small town life! We know everyone at all the businesses and we patronize them all we can - but we do make the 25 mile journey to town once a month for the bulk of our necessities, but there's nothing like what we have here - there. It's so hustle 'n bustle. No one smiles and says hello - but I try to when I catch a glance - or will hold a door for a stranger and wish them a good day. I haven't been to a big box store in over 20 years and don't miss it a bit! Oh, and our house and most in our neighborhood, were built in the late 1800s. We all tend to our homes with pride and we don't have too many issues with crime here.

[@kandykate163]

@@RRRIBEYE I live on a small town but all there is for grocery is a local supermarket and Walmart and that's it. I would love to have a mom&pop grocery store, a bakery store, a butcher shop, a deli shop all within downtown since I love within walking distance to it. I dont care if it's a little higher in price

[@austyn5004]

I live in Huntington Beach CA. We are small town big city feel. I have a mom and pop Iranian market that I shop at all the time. I know the cashiers and stockers. They’re great. Even the big box store I’m super friendly with majority of the workers there. That’s just kinda how it is in HB.

[@kim_fd8938]

The neighborhood grocery stores were racist as hell

[@tempestates13]

Even in big stores, if I see someone needing help and an employee isn't around I try to help. Being a '79 baby my parents taught me to be helpful and respectful.

[@jaymeade9898]

Notice how the father sits down with his daughter and helps her with her homework. He didn’t run to the school in a fit of pique and blame the teachers.

[@sandys408]

Some parents are lost at math . Teachers are supposed to teach that's why we pay them with hard earned tax money we earn at our jobs which we don't ask the teachers to come do our jobs.

[@thepearlswirl]

2021 is so horrible I’m getting addicted to watching videos of different time periods.

[@krystalleal329]

This is a real time machine.

[@kr4t0sg.28]

You can thank the internet.

[@heru-deshet359]

Many folks have thought of creating communities even towns that reflect the nostalgic values of that time. I would certainly love living in one.

[@t23sp1]

I've been doing it as well.

[@xxcoralineplayzxx2536]

Same

[@lupitalopez1233]

I’ve fallen in the 1950’s side of KZbin and I can’t get out😂

[@TheBluewaterBlonde]

Haha, you're funny. I like it.

[@juneberry1982]

Why would you want to???

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Have you looked up people who still do this now? You can't tell its 2020 at their houses.

[@juneberry1982]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 I have. I saw one family that lived like the 50s or early 60s. I wanted to join the family! 😀

[@olchat2012]

@@juneberry1982Throughout the years, I've even been buying antique and/or vintage furniture for my house. Real wood furniture built to last. I have a Singer sewing machine, a Osterizer blender, etc...It all makes me feel better, the way I felt as a kid growing up, a much simpler life when things seemed to, for the most part, work as they should... I love watching "Clara's depression cooking" right here on KZbin. That's just how my grandma and her way of life was 40, 50 years ago...

[@sandihunter1260]

I was born in 1956 and this brings back many memories. My dad would bring home fish n chips every Friday after his work at the factory would end. It was always a treat. Saturday morning my mom, dad and me would go grocery shopping. They would drop me off at the magazine rack and I would read Archie comics etc. while they shopped. It was so much fun. Those were the days.

[@samigreg5233]

You dont look like you born 56. You look in the fourties

[@ownedbymykitty270]

I grew up in the 70s and 80s. I saw my friends every single day after school and of course on weekends. Adults let us kids play outside unsupervised. We’d bike a mile or two away and get into what at that time was considered “trouble” lol (I.e. walking on the railroad tracks, jumping into the lake). I was never too big on video games though and mostly stopped playing as I got into my teens. When alone I mostly listened to music and read books. But what I really miss about my teens in the late 80s was listening with a friend to an entire music album on vinyl or cassette from beginning to end and talking about it.

[@carlblake5271]

Ditto!

[@ericasklar4584]

I love your response. Books and music were my joy as . I grew up in the 80s and 90s but I have similar memories and experiences as u. Thank u for reminding me.

[@ericasklar4584]

I meant to say "as well"

[@clayjo791]

I can't imagine people in the 2090's looking back at the 2020's feeling nostalgic.

[@lucasjohnstone6419]

Trippy huh

[@rolson1695]

Totally agree with you

[@nayru1855]

with how things are going so far, i dont think anyone’s gonna be nostalgic for the 2020’s lol

[@thepearlswirl]

Right like what 🥴

[@melvint-p9500]

The 1950s were also atrocious in plenty of ways and people are nostalgic for it.

[@ShatMyPantsUwU]

Back then if you saw a 60 year old they were born in the 1890’s :0

[@Cheersthewinners]

So? That's the same for these days. If you see someone in their 30s, they were born in the 1980's.

[@bean7039]

@@ryangaming5556 not deep at all

[@Cheersthewinners]

@@bean7039 thank you. Not deep.

[@CoolDrifty]

tit nipples It’s not deep but it’s interesting to think about considering someone that’s 60 today was born in about 1960 but back then someone age 60 (not old by any means) was born in the 19th century, which feels incredibly long ago. You have to be a sociopath to not be intrigued in the slightest.

[@Cheersthewinners]

@@CoolDrifty Its really not that deep.

[@Thomas-ky3rl]

This is one the best vintage films of it's time and very heart warming. I keep coming back every few months to watch it again. Am I alone.?

[@triplehearts914]

It's so neat to read everyone's stories in the comments! my mom was a little girl in the 60's and I remember her telling me that they went inside when the streetlights came on too. I hope you all have a good day!

[@kahlimgia5662]

And I am right there with ya Mommy😊.. "make sure u guys are inside when the street lights come on". I can still here my mother's voice lol....great memories @ that time🥰🦋🌻🙏🏽🕊💞.

[@SweetKingTanner]

happen to be just like moments, passing

[@lz_creep6856]

*always damn love those old narrarators their voice makes me calm* 😂 Edit: wow thanks for the likes yall🤙🏽🖤

[@helloworldwassup]

Ikr!!!

[@Intenxsify]

Nico nico? Nii???

[@jake9854]

nice portrait

[@chonaducanes1358]

There is something in their voice I think I hear the same voices every time I hear these narrators back in their time😂 love it!

[@saloni22815]

Same here

[@josron6088]

A time when you had a living wage job for life and you could pay your house off in 10 to 15 years..

[@thevenusiangatechannel593]

for life

[@katherenewedic8076]

Yeah now you need to make $20 at 40 hrs a week to rent a room for $1200 a month, if you're lucky.

[@katherenewedic8076]

Note: they got an FHA loan

[@dannytexas09]

Anyone with a skill in demand usually have no problem finding a good paying job.

[@emd5095]

Honestly...& No internet

[@1234singingismylife]

I too grew up in the 50’s. It was a wonderful time. Mom fed a family of 5 on $25 a week. Families had a Dad and Mom. You were taken to church, Saturday night was the drive-in theater or Sunday after church was dinner and Lakeside Amusement Park. I would not want to change a second of my childhood.

[@yusufsmother]

Wow! $25/week...sigh.

[@Code7Unltd]

Every Friday night, Julia's JOJ is to compare the grocery prices for her Saturday morning shosh. That is, after the radio's turned down a little. ,*Radio plays louder*,

[@waytoobiased]

YES

[@thelight3112]

I work, while Julia goes and spreads her legs around town. ALL DAY! That means she gets around. That is gross, but we have to make sure we get money.

[@lazoputz3514]

this is a real nostalgia trip. I am a child of the '50s. (born '49). For health reasons, I wasn't so much of an active child, and spent a lot of time in the kitchen with my mom. But, it did me no harm, and even today as an elderly man, her values remain with me, and I still follow the concepts she instilled in me. Even though a lifetime has gone by, my own family raised and moved on, my wife gone, and I live alone; I still shop at 3 different grocery stores for the best deals and top quality products. I clear the table and re-set it after each meal, and truth be known, when feeling lazy, have sat down in front of the tely with a TV dinner. But primarily, I still cook real food, in time-tested procedures. I worked for one company for 40 years, and retired with little fanfare after a lifetime of dedication. The highlight of my passing days is the anticipation of my grandchildren's visits, which contrary to current lifestyles, are spent mostly in the kitchen while I surreptitiously teach them "home-economics" and good old fashioned cooking. I have three grandgirls, and one of them especially enjoys our kitchen time together. It is her plan (she is 12 now) to be a master chef on a cruise ship. Anyway, enough of the nostalgia, back to "period" vids.

[@justwanttowatchvideos9647]

lazoputz very nice comment, thanks for sharing

[@JoeKaye-hn5dt]

I actually still hang some of my laundry out on the line, sheets and jeans especially..

[@dcwilson3368]

You're too young to be elderly.

[@blackhawks81H]

lazoputz you're living the dream my friend. Nevermind all the silly people who want a Ferrari and a helicopter.. You can't take that nonsense with you when you're gone. But memories, memories of the good times live on forever with your loved ones. Grandkids will tell stories of you when they're old and gray. And in this way, you've all but earned immortality. Thanks for sharing your story. It brightened up my day.

[@edgregory1]

+Micheline I felt attracted to the neighbor lady.

[@shinyhandman6464]

These ‘50s cameras have better quality then today’s security cameras

[@pantheraleo4170]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RodolphosTechchannel]

35mm film cameras have a resolution of about 6-8k, as long as you have the appropriated film scanner, they only scanned in 480p back then because film scanners weren’t capable of more.

[@user-ut9ln4vd5m]

This was undoubtedly filmed under ideal lighting conditions, security cameras aren't often needed in broad daylight. There's also the size difference - a 50s camera could be as big as a briefcase (or three), compared to a modern camera that could be no bigger than a fingernail (minus battery or power supply)

[@Yodelinthegully.-]

It’s ok, not everyone is tech savvy.

[@Rainb0wzNstuff]

Fr tho

[@oldobserver6810]

I was born in the early thirties, and this is pretty accurate for the time covered. I actually went to this Intermediate School in 1945 and 1946. It was a wonderful time to be young. My Dad worked for Ford, and this is the neighborhood where I grew up….the far East Side of Detroit, almost to the city border. I enjoyed seeing all this again. i feel so sorry for later generations who have never known the relative security of a more innocent time. Money was tight, but we were used to doing without because of the Depression and the War. Good times!

[@samigreg5233]

You are 90 above??

[@lucasgallant8178]

So your almost 100? You should NOT be spending your final years watching KZbin😭🙏

[@Jojo01171]

I feel like we are in Great Depression right now to be honest, the homeless crisis, nobody wants to work anymore and living in car’s or outside is common these days because there’s no point of even making money to pay ridiculous amount of rent, high taxes, the cost of living is unbelievably high for the hourly wage, it’s unfortunate, life was so much better then I envy you for living the good times.

[@mollywolly4201]

Why not!? What a horrible thing to say. Should this person be spending their final years with their loved ones? What if they don’t have any? Unbelievable.

[@madcat789]

When I say I miss the fifties, I don't mean the nuclear anxiety, the racism, the sexism; I meant this. Being able to plan and buy your own home. Having a union that will be in your family for generations. Being able to work analogue and to do things in your head. Friendly neighbors. Friendly cities(or at least the illusion of it), everything. I will never be able to live this life.

[@Californian-Wrong_thinker13.]

As a Gen Z, you just described what I want to see and experience to a T. We shouldn’t want to bring the 50s back, it should already be here.

[@madcat789]

@@Californian-Wrong_thinker13. Buddy the last decade that was like this was the 1990s and the early 2000s, up to 2008. Those were the best years of my life.

[@hoshimaruhajime7933]

​@@madcat789ain't it the houseing crisis in 07

[@madcat789]

@@hoshimaruhajime7933 the crisis started slowly in 2007 and kicked off in 08.

[@user-kc7mu4jp4p]

Well said, exactly right. Those who were vulnerable to racism and sexism had a harder time in those days. The family shown here were part of the relatively lucky set.

[@nancychisholm9425]

I loved it when neighbors knew each other and talked and you felt safe in your neighborhood because everyone looked out for each other

[@lisabaltzer4190]

I live in Idaho. It is still like that where I live. I love it here. I have lived in Chicago, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Moving to Idaho was one of the smartest things I ever did.

[@Hagfan789]

Don't you mean where everyone looked like each other?

[@MsNickie1001]

We still do. It’s a racially mixed neighborhood, and we all pretty much respect each other and are friendly.

[@guitarguy8963]

Hey, neighbor! I live in Montana, by the western border. Just wanted to say, there was a lot of good times back then, but also a lot of bad. I went to a Catholic school, and they almost went broke trying to pay off the families of the kids who were molested and beaten by both the priests and nuns. In the 7th grade dad bought a Texaco station, and when I turned 16 we bought a tow truck. My uncle told my dad that he needed to get some equipment that would make us some good money, and help save lives, so we were the first people in Montana to get and use the jaws of life. No speed limit back then, you could drive and drink, and some very unsafe cars kinda ruined the 70's for me, but we were saving lives, and that made it better., But I saw way too much by the time I was 18. Nightmares, depression the whole enchilada. By the 80's,local fire departments started using the jaws to get folks out of wrecks, so I kinda drifted until I got a job driving night taxi. I figured if I could get drunks home, then less people would have to see the stuff I saw when I was 17. I bought rides, and made sure that people got home if they were drinking, no matter what. I tried to take the bad things I went through and make things just a little bit better. Now, I'm almost 66 years old, and I can say"I made a difference" times are what you make them, so be positive and make them better .

[@RamSamudrala]

Still the same with me and our neighbours in Western New York. But kids aren't allowed to play by themselves but my wife is close to everyone in the neighbourhood.

[@bean1396]

We came straight home when we got off the bus. No playing until our clothes were changed and homework was done. Mom worked at home. My mother still used a wringer washer. Television was barely there. Radio was entertainment. We played outside, rode our bikes, jumped roped, hopscotch and had fun. In my home, we never ventured farther than we could hear our dad whistle. Supper at 5 and in bed by 8 during the week. Me and my friends would visit neighbors' yards for treats. My yard had tomatoes, potatoes, corn, onions, green beans and blackberries growing on the back fence. One neighbor had delicious strawberries. Another had a Cherry Tree and the other had the best rhubarb on the block. We picked everything and ate it right then. We were quite poor but I and my siblings never knew it. We had food, clothes and a clean house. We were happy kids.

[@suzyq172]

Jesse Cole, such a beautiful comment. God bless.

[@reggiebayard7223]

i would of just masterbated for fun

[@michellerjackson5776]

God bless you for appreciating and sharing.. Oh how rich you are with gratitude of your upbringing ~ If only we could turn back the hands of time. .I'm 53, and miss the great days of MY youth. Blessings to you!! Thank you for sharing..

[@icemachine79]

If you had all those things then you weren't poor. At worst, you were lower middle class.

[@QueenBee-gx4rp]

Jesse Cole Ahh...a clean house. How many no longer have that?

[@jonnyjynxer8315]

this is interesting because it shows how far society has fallen, the contrast is stark.

[@GeneralElectric202]

you're forgetting the fact that this was the suburbs and a sizable chunk of americans were still poor famers

[@hoosierladyus48]

@@GeneralElectric202 We didn't live on a farm, but we were poor.

[@danielsolomon4600]

“Society has fallen” is just coded for “white male privilege is no longer socially acceptable or sanctioned by law. Society is far better for MOST people now than it was back then stop being myopic

[@cjngguanatos4687]

It has Fallon due to color folks. Back in the white days were the best days

[@GeneralElectric202]

the 17 hundreds?

[@evelynwhittington5089]

1950's was the best era. Beautiful cars, great music, people dressedd nicely. I wish I could go back those great days.

[@zadenthepfplayer3805]

Me too

[@bigdawg1448]

Racism?

[@zadenthepfplayer3805]

@@bigdawg1448 nah it seen like a nicer time war just ended and everyone wanna to be happy

[@cjngguanatos4687]

The good old white days. No color folks in sight ahh those were the days. All American 🇺🇸

[@BernieSutliff]

When you have nothing else to gripe about, you pull out the race card! In spite of people like you, the 50s were the best of times!

[@genericguy_]

I like how neighbors interacted with each other

[@AnthonyRobinson-rc9yd]

My neighbors and I interact with each other because all of our kids play together, we take turns mowing our elderly neighbor yard and keep the homeless degenerates off the street

[@cliffto6]

Is this american thing?? Cause we still have strong relationship with neighbors here, i live in Asia btw

[@genericguy_]

I live in a apartment in a big city and here noboby knows each other😌

[@kayzyr9442]

Assuming they got along

[@desireeretiree]

@@cliffto6 very much so ...

[@justinreyez5561]

fat chance to even make eye contact and say good morning with your neighbor these days

[@Araconox]

Our new neighbor (lady in her 60's ) hates us. I said good morning to her a few months ago and she said: 'What do you mean by that?' A real sweetheart.

[@ryanscholz_]

Just the way I like it

[@jmm1817]

@TheNauseator you sound like a dysfunctional person, sorry for you.

[@cornstar1253]

I know and like my white neighbours on either side. Good people

[@themastersqueegee]

What do you guys think caused this? Where did we go wrong?

[@keyland_]

"It's 11 o clock! do you know where your children are?"

[@codymelchert2681]

*Sped up Funeral March for a Marionette ensues*

[@junbug1029]

I was born in the mid 50s and my mom was a stay at home mom. I have 3 sisters and we lived in a house less than 2,000 sf. My parents drove used cars. We went out to eat or to a movie once a year. My mom cooked our frugal meals and our vacation was a week at my great grandparents lake cottage. We had plenty of toys and art supplies to keep us creative and busy. We went to the library every other Saturday to borrow our books to read. I was the 3rd child and wore hand me down clothes and shoes. Mom sewed our clothes and cut our hair. We lived very frugally and so did our friend’s families. Now people eat out frequently, go to the movies, go on nice vacations and drive new cars.

[@allimkhan7540]

The old day's were the best people had class and the world was normal

[@andapeterson5996]

This is how I live now! I have 4 kids, cook almost every night, old cars, we know all the neighbors on the cul-de-sac, many church friends. You can build the life you want! It’s harder because we have so much advertising enticing us to profligate living!

[@allimkhan7540]

@andapeterson5996 Well said I agree makes sense. Good for you it's good to know some people in America 🇺🇸 still have class and morals!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Nightwriter1843]

I was born in 1965 and didn't get a store-bought haircut til I was close to 18 years old. Yes, we all wore hand-me-downs, so we'd better not be fatter than our older siblings :o) Mom made a lot of our clothes, cooked all our meals, and as you, Junbug, restaurants were only for 'special occasions'. Summers lasted forever, there were only three channels on TV, and Dad's word was law! Hey, any readers remember laying on the lawn, looking up at the clouds, and try to figure what the clouds looked like?!

[@catherineannelockman3805]

Because they are probably living beyond their means...and using credit cards, etcetera...

[@warwick802]

Gotta love the terrible audio quality, background music, accents, and most of all, the gentleman act from the men. This was truly the golden era.

[@1dayfree]

@Speaking Truth low awareness time more like...

[@1dayfree]

@ isn't it past your bedtime grandad? ;)

[@supersniper698]

@@1dayfree Go to sleep now son.

[@traxonwax]

lorraine green sounds like my grandparents. What I would give to hear then lament about the “GoodO Ol’ Days”.

[@danielcardenas4307]

Be aware how terrible the world was back then...

[@jaeracabrillos]

Works at a factory, can buy and build a whole frickin house

[@BlankParty]

That extra $40 he took out if his pocket really made the dream a reality.

[@algomes715]

My parents bought their first home in 1966. A triple decker in a working class boston. Neighborhood for $12,000 !. They told they saved for the $3,000 down payment for about 5yrs.charged their tenants about $125 a month! Crazy.....lol

[@RandDickson]

That still exists in Wisconsin.

[@Marylandbrony]

Then get misfigured in a horrible freak industrial accident.

[@joselinema]

@@RandDickson Really? Do you live there?.

[@sharonholt3118]

I was born in the 50s. Would not trade it for the sad world we live in today! Magical time for me.

[@PuffKitty]

Same here, Sharon. There were still significant flaws in society for adult life, but as a child I had an idyllic, yet frugal, upbringing and I count myself lucky for it. 🐣➡️👵🏻

[@christopherhughes3381]

I loved this. I was born in 72. Im nostalgic. And this really makes me feel warm and happy.

[@edithbannerman4]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@roccodiciano4189]

On sundays, all the shops were closed by law. It was time to spend time at church and family. We would often visit our large extended family at a relative's house and have an enormous multi-course meal. One felt part of a wider community. One felt safe and at peace.

[@raymonddelisle6601]

Your right. Sunday. Nothing was open except for church. It was called the blue law.

[@mikezylstra7514]

K Mart put an end to that rubbish. First one opened up in my neighborhood (about 3 miles from this house). Opened on a Sunday, and the cops were there.

[@heru-deshet359]

I really miss that.

[@sharkkakirde1]

Which Year was that?

[@mikezylstra7514]

@@sharkkakirde1 1962

[@hattienuff1405]

Born in 1952, milk butter & fresh cream was delivered fresh daily to your door. doctors made house calls, there were no nursing homes, families cared for their elderly themselves, divorce was rare, mothers stayed home & raised the kids, only 1 paycheck was needed to live well. People were kinder, less hurried, we smiled at & greeted strangers. We knew ALL our neighbors & helped them out when needed & they would return the favor to us. I'm grateful I had those experiences, but looking around today I see just how very far we've fallen. I'm sad for those who've never known those days for now they are a distant memory.

[@euhdink4501]

Right. It was only in the seventies that one would begin lock the doors of the house and the car. Very happy to have had such a sorrowless youth, and very sorry as I see my grandchildren grow up in this dirty world.

[@lindas546]

My house was not like that!

[@BoozyBeggar]

Divorce was rare because they didn't have "no-fault" legislation, the first of which in the entire country was signed into law by California governor Ronald Reagan. Absolute fucking traitor to conservatism, yet retarded boomers worship that Goddamn demon to this day. Never EVER trust a neocon.

[@candacerain1]

Divorce was also frowned upon even if the wife was beaten. You had to obey your husband even if he gave you black eyes. SMH

[@BoozyBeggar]

@@candacerain1 You've been watching too much Hollyweird fiction.

[@rossmathias5675]

Back when the quality of food was actually good and not pumped with preservatives and crap

[@tommy..980]

I was born in 1959 and this was very much like our family… A few differences we had 11 kids a big Irish Catholic family… And did not have much money but we never knew it then… Other than that we had great parents that taught us good morals and values.. All my family was blessed to be raised like that cause like the man said those morals and values stay with you and help you through your whole life…

[@christiangoubaud]

God bless you! God is good!!! ☝🏻✝️

[@Rochelle937]

You were very fortunate indeed. How wonderful to have a big family and so many siblings.

[@TheNomad2727]

amazing how raising 4 kids, mortgage and groceries, upkeep of house and car were all manageable under one factory wage.... times have changed a little bit since then

[@LanielPhoto]

Yep - they didn't have to pay for cable/satellite.fiber connections, no internet fees, no cellphone fees, no giving the bank a slice of the pie with every purchase via debit/credit cards, and generally living within their means, an not on credit card debts. Were they really that worse off?

[@raramuri100]

I got 3 3 kids and 2 homes plus my wife dont work all on an electricians salary. I dont drive brand new cars and we fo vacation at least once a year. It can be done but you have look for ways to g et t extra money and save. Read a book called the richest man in Babylon

[@roddaman7545]

Sure, but the earnings of the investor class and stockbrokers have quintupled since then, so that makes up for it. Right?

[@krysg1304]

Yeah like how factory jobs here barely exist compared to then and you cant even afford a studio apartment on factory wage or minimum wage. You gotta work 2 or 3 jobs or go to college that's costs a fortune

[@mecarr]

It’s because the unions have been diminished over the years.

[@CryptidHunter_official]

I've lived in the same house for 20 years and still don't know most of my neighbors

[@adrianocollinzo5712]

I hate everyone in my street

[@christineroberts9780]

@@adrianocollinzo5712 😅😅

[@cloud_c5222]

Maybe because you never try to meet or communicate with your neighbors

[@adrianocollinzo5712]

@@cloud_c5222 naw man i know what kinda people are in my street, not the kind of peoe you have round for tea. Utter filth bro.

[@nelzelpher2088]

Anyone who responded to the original poster and he himself, is always welcome to have tea with me.

[@timp1051]

I've watched this video more than once. Family, stability, faith...seems like another world. I wonder where that house is, would like to see what it looks like today.

[@myrtellelee2857]

I was born in 1950 and both my parents worked outside the home. We didn't have much money, but Dad and Mom made sure their five children were taken care of. We were a close nit family and still are to this day.

[@imbadash8675]

I don't know how i ended up here but not leaving..

[@patbrennan6572]

I don't know how I arrived on this site eighter, but let me tell you, I;m glad I did.. I had no idea things that were so tough could be overcome with hard work and support from the love of family and friends.

[@michellegomez4905]

imbadash Ikr

[@mopomilise]

imbadash same here!

[@1TalldrinkH2O]

I wish we all could live in a nice neighborhood with good neighbors. In heaven we can. I hope to see you and all of your family there.

[@rubalcava1978]

imbadash me too

[@patriciamasci6172]

Imagine how they would react if they saw the price & quality of food today! YIKES!!!

[@msbrowngault]

Faint

[@tommyboybr]

@Patricia Masci There’s a lot of people who lived in the 50’s that are still alive now, so they are aware of those things :-D

[@jacquelineS9]

They complain all the time bout price. Trust me my dad is 70 yrs ols

[@nuffflavor]

It all equals out. Back in those days the work vs cost still were issues.

[@stevorobo692]

This guy doesn't know how inflation works.

[@yongchun2183]

The funny & hilarious video from Cs188 brought me to this video

[@baronbrrrrett]

Who came here after cs188 made a ytp of this?

[@Chozo_Ghost]

Julia takes the entire FAHKIN' week to do the shopping!

[@stqrinites]

While julia spreads her legs all around the neighborhood, ALL DAY!!!

[@dynamicdragoness]

That is gross, but we have to make sure we make money.

[@professionalcynic3836]

Heyo.

[@lmb4876]

I grew up in th 50s and 60s...My parents did almost everything equally. Dad did the grocery shopping but mom did cook ( dad cleaned the dishes/kitchen)..I was lucky to have parents that both worked/co-parented/didn't fight...wow, I guess that is why I am a happy person. Good childhood=happy adult

[@carolmiglionico6237]

Yep. My parents were the same. Dad cooked and did laundry too

[@lester9143]

whats ur age rn

[@blessedmamags7796]

WOW 😳

[@suebrurell5282]

Rare were the men who did any domestic chores back then. You were lucky

[@c45-nr4pk3gu7f]

Never knew any parents like that. You're either lying or your father was a beta.

[@patriciajones4761]

I was probably the age of that littlest girl in the last scene. I remember when we got stockings at Christmas and they were filled with pecans, oranges, and apples and even though that seems ridiculous now we really liked it because it was our stocking and our own fruit. I remember when our Saturdays were filled with skating up and down the block, bicycle races, building forts out of whatever we could find , and playing in the mud making mud pies. We really had a lot of fun. In the summer we ate outside because it was so hot in the house. We barbecued whatever we could. Often it was fish that we caught at the river. My mom would buy a six-pack of coke a month and our treat was that we got to have one Coca-Cola a month. Dinner was often beans and cornbread. Once a week we had a fancy Sunday dinner after church. It was usually either pot roast, fried chicken, or ham. I loved it when my mother made fried chicken for Sunday dinner because that means I would get a piece of chicken in my lunch kit to take to school with buttered bread . My thermos always had iced tea . We always wore dresses to church. We went every Sunday and we would take a drive after our Sunday meal. We knew all our neighbors and we helped each other out. The neighborhood was filled with kids. In the summer we all went to Vacation Bible School at some church everybody had one of those tiny inflatable pools to play in and we ran through the sprinkler . When it rained if there wasn't any lightning all the children played out in the rain and had fun and would catch the rain in glass containers sometimes we find tadpoles . Most of the dads in the neighborhood had served in one of the wars. Most of us grew vegetables in our backyard and everybody hung their clothes out each morning on the clothesline. We walked everywhere we wanted to go or rode our bikes together I don't remember any fat people I'm sure there were some but I don't remember anybody being overweight. My mother wore dresses everyday in the house to clean the house and we wore dresses to school everyday. Most kids had two pairs of shoes one for church and one for school. Our shoes in the summer we're always flip flops and occasionally we would buy a pair of tennis shoes but we didn't wear them much. At Christmas time we usually got 2 presents. probably less than $25 spent on each child. We only took one family vacation when I was a child, to a place in New Mexico. Every summer we went to see all the grandparents who all lived in one very small town and stayed for a couple of weeks. All the grandparents lived way out in the country. We usually just made meals together and walked around on the streets during the visits. As a child we only went out to eat at a restaurant maybe once every two months and never to fast foods. It was very simple but I'm glad I grew up when I did it was a great time to grow up.

[@katarinask139]

It reminds me so much of my childhood, I was born in 2002 in Slovakia. Is that now so different in the US?

[@suzanneswanson4373]

@@katarinask139 Sounds like heaven

[@judyfenske1429]

Oh, yes. The same for me. You write well.

[@hilslamer]

Brilliant glimpse into the simple past, thanks.

[@northover]

Love your comments. Much was true for me, but we were white and middle class. It wasn’t such a great era for folks of color though.

[@MarioMario-gf5wb]

cs188 sent us here!

[@dougharding5231]

Sometimes i think I'd be willing to go back and live in the 50s as an adult. Yeah, I'd miss some of today's tech, but i think it would be worth it. None of this unbelievable crap we are forced to put up with today. Just living with friendly neighbors as a middle American.

[@buhnee7678]

The downpayment was $50 for a $10,000 house that they’d choose to build out of a catalog. Ah the good ‘ol days 😭

[@indiglo1971]

My mom has a Sears and Roebucks house. It's awesome!

[@happygirl4490]

Most people had to build their own homes then. There were not that many to go around.

[@wingmanalive]

I grew up in the 70's and my parent's house payment was $240. That included taxes. Today that same house is $240,000. I'm scared for my kids I really am. They will have to pay $60k for a car and $500k for a home. It's scary.

[@Funeeman]

Maybe thousand's of catalog is what built the house.

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

@@wingmanalive Pay 5 grand for a good car, and rent somewhere to live. It's NEVER yours if they can take it away, so don't waste time on a mortgage. Ever.

[@bookmagicroe9553]

This is how I grew up. Women talking over the fence, people stopping over without an appointment, adults playing cards, friendly neighbors, the styles of clothes...nostalgia for a slower, friendlier, more affordable time.

[@Gail1Marie]

Yet one of our neighbors with an unlocked door lost her purse when someone came into her house (while she was gardening in back) and snatched it off the kitchen table. And my house was burglarized. And we lived in a nice neighborhood! After that, we all started locking our doors during the day (we'd always locked them before going to bed). This would be in the early 1970s.

[@seekingtruth1110]

@@Gail1Marie weird. We never locked doors during that time. But still if you compared that to today. That is a cake walk.

[@Gail1Marie]

@@seekingtruth1110 My friend's family left to visit relatives, and somehow no one closed and locked the front door (it was summer, and the screen door was locked). The neighbors on either side of them were burglarized when they were gone, but the burglars skipped my friend's house. They evidently thought that because the door was open, someone was home.

[@geekygalaxy4307]

If you were in America

[@haikuwu]

"friendlier".... yeah maybe to other whites you were lmao

[@normasouthwood3182]

I was born 1950 in rural England. Looking back, it was like a fairytale. My father bought our 1st house 1956, I remember everything clearly.

[@Chris-lh7wj]

I was born in 83. The thing I always notice about this generation, which i guess would be my grandparents or the WW2 generation, is how genuine and moral they were. The seemed to have a better sense of right vs wrong. They helped each other because it was the right thing to do, whereas today people only seem to help so that others will think better of them. I don't understand how this happened, how does morality just go away? How do we go from being a close knit community to being complete strangers?

[@alisonhowton1039]

Their children/our parents turned out to be greedy, and voted for that "trickle down economics" bs. Boomers really took their childhoods for granted and destroyed it for their own kids and grandkids. It's so sad, because the adults who came from the great depression (their childhood) and lived this lifestyle did NOT want this to happen. But their boomer kids just shoved them into retirement homes, waited for them to die, and then took the money and squandered it on themselves.

[@robinguertin574]

School prayer was taken out of the public school in the 60's, that certainly didn't help. They kicked God out, and things have been going downhill ever since.

[@Thundralight]

Media and Hollywood

[@greggmitchell4173]

We need to get back to this. No morals anymore.

[@Thundralight]

​@@Frunobulax74 Most people own nothing they are just under the illusion they do. Miss house or car payments

[@__seeker__]

When ONE paycheck from a plant job could support SIX people’s lives.

[@sadisticpsychopath220]

Nandi the Bull those planet jobs paid good money, they were all Unionized and could provide a good living. Plus a new car was in reach for most middle class families. Nowadays all the cars are made in Mexico and China. So they can get away paying their workers a tiny fraction of what a union Ed American would make. Plus to add insult to injury a new car is unaffordable to most Americans. A new house wasn’t out of reach either if you could save for a down payment, same with college education.

[@geraldboykin6159]

I remember the early 60's was sweet!!!

[@badgerking200]

Sun Bull I am not surprised cause this is still how it's like in India for middle-class families. My father was the only one to earn. We got education up to college debt-free and he built a home, bought a car while we were in middle school. He works in a government job. But here people don't use credit cards and save a lot, don't live extravagant lives.

[@CornPopWazABadDude]

Yep, then feminazis ruined it for literally everyone

[@rachelsantana2428]

Our house ran just fine with it. We had no internet. Basic prepaid phones. Bought used car w cash. House payments are often cheaper than rent. We ate less so we were healthier and we went outside more too. Then we got raises and I went to work. We got credit cards and loans to buy things we thought we wanted, that would likely end up discarded. We have more money and less yet less. We def have less time and more stress. We are in the middle of paying off all debt to go bake to absolutely baisc needs again. It is possible.

[@THEJOKER-nz6sy]

Now it takes 18 hour shifts 4 hours of sleep just to make ends meet

[@ruthnorman1922]

That’s because that’s what people choose to make it. Everyone has to have a car payment, $1800 a month apartment, $200 a month new iPhone, cable, Netflix, credit cards, student debt, motorcycle payment, eating out daily, and the list goes on.

[@robellisberden]

That is only if you live in America lol. In other countries you will not get a huge college debt

[@shineeis5657]

@@ruthnorman1922 Yes, sadly it's almost impossible in many cases to make a living without a car. If an area in America has Uber/Lyft it *could* work out. I know a lady who does that.

[@hebrewmaven]

Almost. I know people who work 2 jobs and get barely any sleep here in the city and I literally cant imagine doing that. But rent here is incredibly high and the houses are impossible. Put your college debt on top of all of this and its hard to imagine ever having anything more in life than my simple lifestyle. Is that okay? Sure. When I think is that okay for my future children, no, no its not. But hey, there is always hope.

[@hetherm9171]

No it’s because you choose to you can get a trades job without going to college and make a more than easy life but I’m guessing you’re terrible at handling money

[@samuelfritz2446]

The house is still standing today and in very good shape considering Detroit. It's at 15260 Hazelridge St

[@yinyangyt8749]

I came here from CS188’s ytp and the original here is pretty pleasant to watch. Sometimes I wish life could still be as simple as this

[@quester09]

I was a kid then. It wasn't too bad, except for the constant anxiety about imminent nuclear annihilation. duck and cover, children.

[@kathleenmacellis751]

comets & blueberries ... remember cowering under our desks during air raid drills ?

[@sharid76]

Kathleen Macellis - Yes!! And I also remember wondering why we were crawling on the floor under a wood and steel desk to "protect ourselves" from something that could vaporize us in the blink of an eye!? 🤔 And nobody really had an answer for me when I asked. I was a precocious child, and tended to think and act and ask in terms of direct questions, expecting direct answers in return! I was in the 1st grade in 1963, and of course 2nd in 1964, and still recall grim faces and strange news reports on TV before I even started school when the Cuban missile crisis was going on, as well as later on just before Thanksgiving when President Kennedy was shot! That was a very strange time for me. Back then, students in all grades still rode the bus to school, including juniors and seniors. They rode the same bus I did when I was in 1st and 2nd grade, but they transferred to another bus at my school to get to their high school. I remember hearing the strangest conversations during the period of 1963-64 and 1964-65, when they were talking about some strange place (to me) called Viet Nam, and some stuff about the Army and fighting in another War. We weren't in it as heavily in 1963 as we were going to get yet, and where I grew up was heavily populated with all 5 branches of the military, so going to school with "military kids" was just a daily fact of life. They would come and go at the oddest times, and talked a lot about their fathers and older brothers being in it. The Army has two posts there, one of them Transportation HQ for the whole Army. The Air Force Base was Tactical Air Command HQ, which was renamed in the 90's to Combat Air Command (I think.) My husband was in the Air Force when we met and married, stationed at that base. The US Navy North Atlantic Fleet Headquarters is in Norfolk, VA, just "a hop, skip and a jump" down the road, and even the Coast Guard has a station in Yorktown. Military everywhere. There is also Newport News Shipbuilding right downtown, on the banks of the James River, and they build all the Navy submarines, and many aircraft carriers. They are also a repair and refit location, and many ships being repaired are "home ported" there during that time. The Marines are also stationed with the Navy, and Quantico Marine Base isn't that far away. So, seeing uniforms isn't all that unusual, and I remember lots of housing areas nearby that were only for military families. I became a military wife when we married, but we didn't live "in quarters" because it was just the two of us, no kids, and it seemed you couldn't even get quarters unless you had children back then! It would be another 20 years before housing was upgraded, rebuilt and built new by private companies who have contracted out to provide quarters for military families. They look like high grade apartment, townhouse and semi-detached quality homes now, with all kinds of amenities! And all it costs you is your housing allowance, which everyone who lives off base gets ANYWAY. But we got out well before any of that stuff happened, and lived off base. Anyway, enough ruminating! It's time for breakfast! 😉

[@graviler2514]

the real purpose of covering beneath desks is for finding and identifying successfully the remains of the bodies under the collapsed buildings, good luck hiding from radiation.

[@ooluta7578]

Not that bad? You must be white...black kids feared nuclear annihilation and being lynched.....or the lynching of their parents

[@summerseahorse1363]

OO Luta I take it you lived through the era?

[@valeryl06]

Sometimes I just wish things stayed like that. No computers, no phones...Kids rarely play outside anymore

[@shaniatiffany7008]

Valery Nicolle Lemus Sandoval oh please shut up

[@kittybitch5964]

Valery Nicolle Lemus Sandoval it’s awful!!! I took my niece to work with me one time (small business owner) to show her work ethic, and to make some $ for a upcoming school trip. I found her 3 different times hiding, on her phone!! I was so pissed! 14 years old and addicted to the phone

[@Fearlessly91]

Whole Food Plant Based back then you wouldn’t have been showing her a work ethic because she never would have accomplished anything.

[@MrJasonshores364]

The trade off would be you wouldn't be able to have a say in anything, if your husband beat you You would have to deal with it. Racism and sexism we're rampant. The only real thing that's different is that we're app connected anx now we hear about it. Back then people just got abused, in every way and they didn't say anything. Sure some parts were good, but others not so much.

[@carlthefriendlyllama2126]

Most of these films are social conditioning. They are intended to display what the writer believes is a picture perfect world. I wish the world was as perfect as a 1950s short film but that's just not reality.

[@tiagosp]

Anyone here from cs188?

[@codymelchert2681]

M E

[@tiagosp]

@@codymelchert2681 I knew you would respond.

[@tammytsang3487]

This video enriched my horizons because I was born in Hong Kong in 1965 and only have limited knowledge about the lives in North America more than half a century ago. Life was not perfect back than , but a family with only one paycheck got by pretty well .

[@bigonion874]

$40 for a down payment on a house? That’s what I use to fill my car

[@berenicebauer72]

That forty dollars was put in the bank along with other moneys that were put in the bank.

[@charredskeleton]

Must be a small or not very empty car!

[@Lazykitty261]

I have a 2006 Honda van and it only take 30 bucks to fill what are you driving

[@poetcomic1]

@@Lazykitty261 Probably a car in California with $4.50 a gallon gas.

[@Lazykitty261]

poetcomic1 that would make more sense but why would you live in California

[@veronicachristopher9321]

I've always been an old soul. I was meant for slower, simpler times.

[@emilywells7415]

I was born in 2000s but I wish I could go to that time when everyone seemed happier and relaxed. No social media and fakes. People seemed happier and relaxed and just enjoyed life

[@mandycote5662]

I was born in 1965- growing up even THEN was the BEST!

[@TheWarhammerfreak]

Veronica Christopher racism, sexism, homophobia and a myriad of other problems were rampant, I’d appreciate what you have.

[@mandycote5662]

Veronica NEVER mentioned ANY of those issues- she said slooow and simple- which are NOT related

[@JMac-27]

i was definitely meant to be in the 20's early & 1900's those beaded gowns! traveling by ship and trains oh how I wish!!!!

[@jimanderson1589]

How quaint and pleasant! There was such a connection to the people and world then, without social media. This was fun to watch. 😊

[@Chozo_Ghost]

CS188 (technically, CS188's mom) guided me here.

[@addangel]

I hate that I was expecting her to put the vegetables in plastic bags

[@ItsTreen]

I thought the same thing😩

[@mothersarmsreadinesscoachi9360]

Oil company created the plastic industry. They also created the bullshit about deforestation so we all switched to plastic to save the trees. Then they said we could recycle it. Which is another oil industry lie. Enjoy your green bullshit. It’s a a lie. Marketing

[@LolLol-rq7yf]

@@mothersarmsreadinesscoachi9360 plastic is still a bad thing

[@ishouldhavetried]

@@mothersarmsreadinesscoachi9360 You could always meet in the middle and bring your own reusable bags. It's what we do. We don't use plastic, and they're not open either.

[@allenwood3805]

I don't think plastic was invented then

[@LLOPEZJF]

The concept of Family was very important in those days.

[@xballsport]

And today it's being intentionally destroyed by the cancer one calls liberalism.

[@richardv9648]

girls these days like "I don't need your money baby, because I am on only fans".

[@DaisyAnnabelle6]

It’s still like this in Mexico! I’m glad they are behind our times here in the USA. I’m moving to Puerto Vallarta in the next few years.

[@vampirexion]

@@xballsport it is not a cancer. A lot of good comes from it. But it isn't perfect

[@ejsmyth7420]

@@xballsport No, it's called republicans

[@NotThatBob]

I was born in the 50s. My family was called middle class poor. But we had a house. I wore hand-me-downs and often had carboard in the bottom of my shoes because of holes lol. But OMG we lived better than most kids today. After school I delivered news papers, then I did odd jobs for neighbors. Weekends was when I cut lawns, or shoveled snow. I even washed cars. We always had food and our utilities were never cut. I loved that life. I'm retired now, not rich, but I have zero debts. BTW, Personally know teens now a days that work very hard. So there is hope for the future. Life when I was a kid was hard, but OMG it was so fun.

[@saumaydudeja7423]

Guy had a whole life flashback looking at a cheque

[@Rmx1524]

Life came at him fast apparently

[@zacharybenson1818]

*Czech

[@mabelsue123]

Zachary Benson 😂😂😂

[@Funeeman]

Was he a draft Dodger?.Or was he too old?

[@patrickmcdonald6116]

@@Funeeman If he was hired on in 1936-1937 as a tool and die maker then his position was very likely considered essential to the war effort in 1941.

[@agustinsalas2234]

No cell phones no Internet no computers more time to talk spend time with family sad but those days are gone

[@kathleenbrennan8422]

You say as you write on the Internet lol

[@gregcrabb3497]

Even in the 70's when I was born (71) we only had three TV channels that went off the air every night. We didn't lock our car doors and we kids actually played outside. My mother wouldn't let us pile up on the couch in front of the TV. She made us get out and interact with the neighborhood.

[@johnnyquest9519]

Meh. It was just more time to listen to the family bitch about working and how much it sucks while watching them drink their day away while yelling at the kids for not cleaning the rooms correctly.

[@Snakebite_33]

Says the imbecile on the internet.

[@lostbraincellz]

Agustin Salas you’re acting like you can’t do that anymore

[@silver_fengo]

here come the cs188 comments lmao

[@ss6830]

People get upset when I say I wish we had a society structured like it was in the "old days" but honestly, I'd rather stay home with my kids, hang laundry and go shopping to cook home made meals. What is so wrong with that?

[@berk..]

nothing, do whatever that makes you happy

[@cindyweir9645]

My gosh I remember we had that same lawnmower. I was born in 1947 and everyone enjoyed this type of life. This was the blueprint for American families. My granddad and father worked at a GM plant, belonged to the union and made a living wage. Almost everyone had a garden and ate dinner together every evening. My mother was the best cook ever. Sunday dinners at grandparents house, then the adults would play penny ante poker. Family reunions in my aunts backyard, and chicken soup on the stove. We had a coal furnace when I was 8 and gas when we moved in our own house. Us kids played outside till dark. All the neighbors knew each other and helped out if you needed anything. I remember our first TV set with 3 or 4 channels, westerns, Howdy Doody, I Love Lucy and Arthur Godfrey. Life was simple then for sure. Thanks for the memories.

[@hopefletcher7420]

That was my childhood too. So many good memories. We weren't rich but my parents bought their first house in 1954, four years after they married. The mortgage was $52 a month. Mom made her own bread and canned fruits and vegetables. She had a routine. I remember Monday was washing day. The washing machine had wheels so it could be rolled to the sink and a hose to connect it to the faucet. It had electric rollers on top to squeez the clothes. Hung outside except in the winter when they were hung in the cellar. She sprinkled the clothes that needed ironing, rolled them up tight and put them in a heavy plastic bag. Tuesday was ironing day. She cooked three meals a day and I remember she would inspect the cupboards and make the menu for the coming week before making the weekly grocery list. The menu always included a "leftovers" night because you didn't throw away food. We were in a small town in Connecticut. There were no sidewalks in residential streets, or street lights. No one was afraid of strangers. We didn't have a TV until maybe 58 but Mom read to us every evening and we listened to shows on the radio and played just using our imaginations. Going to the drive-in movies was a BIG deal. Church every Sunday, Weekday Church School every Wednesday (Catholics went to Holy Family, Protestants went to Magyar Evangelical Reformed Church and I think the lone Jewish kid got the afternoon off), and Summer Bible School every summer. When I compare my childhood memories to what the world is like today for kids I feel sad. I think most children today don't have what we did: freedom and innocence, and parents who protected us from adult worries.

[@Gail1Marie]

How did your coal furnace work? Did you have one of those "octopus" kinds in the basement? Did it have an automatic feed for the coal? Or did you have to stoke it up every night before bed by hand (and again during the day)? I can't imagine how much dust there was all over the furniture from using coal!

[@BellyJae]

I have one of these lawnmowers now. We have a pretty small yard and I refuse to buy a gas powered one. :)

[@Gail1Marie]

@@BellyJae I envy you. A hand mower keeps the grass so velvety soft compared to a power mower.

[@cindyweir9645]

@@Gail1Marie We had to go to the basement and feed that thing. We had a bin That the coal was dumped in. It did not leave a residue on anything. It was pretty clean. He didn’t have thermostats though so it could get pretty hot upstairs. You controlled it by the vents in the floor.

[@holdshiftt2run308]

"young married couple" yet the look like they are in their 40's.

[@XoogaMareexaan]

HoldShiftt2Run you mean 50s

[@iamchristianlewis]

He means as in age.

[@BlackedOutDreams]

Its all the smoking

[@amywagner5500]

HoldShiftt2Run oh who cares!

[@holdshiftt2run308]

@Jason Dubya-DEEZNUTS What is called traditional values? looking old? I come a place more conservative and traditional than yours. Trust me, I know traditional values, but we are talking about age here. I just thought it was funny when he said "young married couple" but they looked like they were in their mid 40's.

[@ashrafnm2448]

What a sweet family. During those days people lived their lives full of togetherness., though not possible now.

[@albrown1812]

This almost brought a tear to my eye,The simplicity of this time.Sure you were dealing with debt,bills and there were other grievances in the times. But you had a genuine control over your life,there were opportunities everywhere, there was a US structure. Where do people even work today? Beyond content creating,social media influencing,and professional gamers? Yeah the period had its difficulties,but there was so much to look forward to...

[@fob1xxl]

According to the copyright at the end of the film this was made in 1950. I was born in 1945, so I was 5 years old. Pretty much shows how we lived back then. Life was pretty good for me. A Dad and Mom. An older sister by 2 1/2 years. I look back and am amazed at how my parents did what they did. I never wanted for anything. It was all about family back then. We did everything together. Great memories ! Thanks Mom and Dad.

[@lynnegackstetter2779]

And neighbors looked out for each other. Going charroling at Christmas. Garden parties for the women. Kids putting on plays for our moms. And yes riding bikes far from home. It was a safe time.

[@jacoleneiu3856]

😍 beautiful. I'm a early 60s child. I really wish that life was like the 50s . Those were the golden years ✨️.

[@lizabethrobison4566]

Born in 1948 I have clear recall of those days. Leave it to Beaver life (IF you were white.) My memories are of a peaceful, comfortable and safe life in Eugene, Oregon (not counting the duck and cover drills in school in the event of a nuclear attack🤣), where you left your house unlocked with no worries of a break-in, could leave your bike unchained and it would still be there later. Or at 74, maybe I just have a selective memory.

[@claudiajarvis3694]

So true, and my mom saved by making my clothes. Such wonderful times. Born 1942

[@patrickgragg5602]

You were 12 when I was born!! the late 50s early 60s was so different,

[@AsTheWheelsTurn]

back when a man could work in a factory job or a skilled labor and support his entire family including a stay at home wife/mom and have money to save. what the hell has happened? now it takes two people working full time to have the same quality of life.

[@rickrod8647]

AsTheWheelsTurn modern day slavery🤫

[@valerieehrlich7166]

our society pushed us into a different lifestyle. in the 1970s Gloria steinham pushed women to go back to work not that there is anything wrong with women working outside the home we went from a one income one car and no cable TV to a two income and more than one car society and cable TV and Internet that will take us to any place we want to go online and people seem to think that more is better and that is not true for me I quit driving j use other means of transportation. when needed stalk up on necessary supplies so that I do not have to go to the store so much do not pay for auto insurance (not necessary if you do not own a car and use other means of transportation ) no car means I do not have to worry about auto maintenance or buying gas and yet I am still independent. people think not owning a car means losing your independence no it doesn't I walk a lot (so that means no gym fees for me) and ride three wheeler bike

[@82asha]

Most people I know with 2 incomes still barely afford their house and living costs.

[@roberttighe5687]

Actually even two people working won’t necessarily provide this comfort level of you live in an area like NJ. cost of living is so high.

[@tedstranix7703]

Commie Trump and the evil Retardlicans and their stupid "trickle down economics" --- giving tax breaks to rich corporations does NOT benefit the working man one bit !!

[@JustMe99999]

Produced in 1950 - just the beginning of the decade. Probably more representative of the post-war 40's life.

[@cfrank777]

There is truly no era like the 50's. What an awesome time for America and so fascinating to look back into.

[@oscarbirch6685]

Wow my grandmother told me that was the days when u could leave your screen door open

[@jessicah3450]

My mom and her brother used to sleep on the front porch most summer nights.

[@declaytor]

Ummm, I still leave my screen door open. There are quite a few places in America outside of NY, LA and Chicago that are very quiet and peaceful.

[@FedUpSouthernGirl]

If u live in certain mostly ethnocally homogeneous areas, u share enough cultural beliefs that trust is high. Multiculturalism ruinstrust amongst neighbors

[@SUperMAn-ht7zl]

uhm mostly everyone in Canada still do this. Only time we don’t is during winter.

[@mattball7074]

And beef was 44 cents a fucking pound!!! & community was a real thing where problems were resolved with teachers, neighbors, and children!

[@ems901]

I can’t believe we got conned into thinking this wasn’t the best way to live.

[@AmbyJeans]

I mean, yeah it was great if you were the right color. I, for one, would rather not go back to those days since my marriage would be illegal in the 1950s. This middle class bliss is fine for those that fit the mold, but marry outside your race and it's a different story. I would rather my husband and children not be subjected to segregation.

[@demonhunter635]

AmbyJeans And there’s the race comment. Grow up and get a job.

[@joy5976]

odoyoudo because caring about people who aren’t straight white guys means you’re a kid? dude I admire the 50s but also see the problems that were going on for gay people, poc, etc. It’s not hard to have some empathy, normal people have it, it’s kind of ironic for you to be telling someone to grow up while you seem so blissfully ignorant of the problems people faced back then that when someone talks about it you feel the need to insult them.

[@demonhunter635]

jay Who said anything about only caring about straight white guys? You’re the one who’s been making this about race my friend. I do not know your color, and frankly, I don’t care. What I do care about is needlessly bringing up how black people faved oppression back then. Yes, we get it. Your people were treated bad, sucks. The government has spent the last 40 years hammering into our heads about how bad and awful the African Americans were in a first world country with constant access to food, electricity, and water. The poor kids in Africa must really feel bad for you guys eh?

[@joy5976]

odoyoudo are you aware that I didn’t make the original comment you were replied to? Also, I’m white. It seems you “get it” you just couldn’t give a shit about other people, because you’re the one who decided to insult someone who spoke up about what poc faced in the first place. If you’re this bothered by someone bringing up black people, you obviously have a problem.

[@anthonyrotella751]

Hey, we had a home life in the 50s, mom, dad & kids were all home together sharing their love. Not like it is now where nobody is even home, just an empty house without any love. Kids appreciated, respected & loved their parents, wanting to be with them.

[@edithbannerman4]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@semperfidelis2970]

I am not waxing nostalgic, and I am not an old fogey. But I am pining for that bygone era of the '50s, the '60s and even the '70s. What a cesspool we have as a world now.

[@stephensgate1]

I was born in ‘62, married late in life, and my wife, born in ‘66, have a 12 year old son, still live like we did as children. I worked for the same company for 35 years, retired now, and we both are home everyday when our son comes home from school. We still hang our clothes out to dry, we cook 90% of our meals at home. I absolutely hate how things are these days, but do all I can to live the way I was raised. I feel blessed to have been raised in the way my parents raised me. -Stephen, Ohio

[@bobbyfrancis8957]

Did you grow up with a wringer-washing machine, like I did? (It still had to be plugged in, though).

[@ducluongdo8012]

Come to Asia then. We still hanging our clothes to dry them.

[@urekmazino6800]

That's cause of your location.

[@Nadine4266]

God Bless you

[@vuk8623]

Buckeye Bushcrafter come to the balkans, we still do most of that stuff actually all of the world does as long as you’re not in a major city

[@patriciawilliamsn9605]

Born in 43 so this was pretty much my life growing up

[@jimbart76]

Lucky you.

[@dinoman-1skicoin384]

God Bless you in Jesus Christ name.

[@mariposa3842]

Thank goodness I didn’t grow up in the 40s

[@rxse9789]

Your as old as my dad!

[@dkplayzftw8051]

@@dinoman-1skicoin384 Amen

[@markuspritsch7551]

Marriage was teamwork and mutual respect for each others labors quite a bit then.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I'm impressed that Julia is shopping without a list. I do my shopping once a week just like her, but I need a list. I organize my list by category. Frozen food, produce, etc.

[@daisylavender5275]

I organize my list with the snacks on top.🍩🥨🍪

[@Akshay-cy8wp]

No cellphone in sight, just a bunch of people livin their life!

[@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un]

Because they literally didn't exist back then just like the internet.

[@weaponsofwarfare9537]

@@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un Based on how huge the internet web is now, internet is still pretty new. Only been around since 1996 and having a computer with it wasn't popular until around 2000

[@inflnity3448]

@@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un you're an idiot

[@dayumbro1536]

Dude we're brown, if we tried living in America at that time, in pretty sure we'd be kicked out...lol

[@Rooolooooo]

Says you typing this from your phone! Lol, let people live.