Mid Century Home life -- The 50s

Detroit, Michigan - A union worker [United Auto Workers] 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.
In 1940, a new home was finished - purchased with a Federal Housing Authority loan.
Couples play bridge. Voting on election day Nov. 8, 1949. Families go to church. The children go to school - Andrew Jackson Intermediate School. 1950s
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Andrew Jackson Intermediate School was designed by B.C. Wetzel & Co. and was built in 1928. Detroit Urbex highlights this school as “one of Detroit's more unique schools in terms of design”. The layout is fairly typical of school buildings designed in the 1920s. The school held up a capacity of 2,200 students.
Throughout its history, Andrew Jackson Intermediate School operated as an intermediate school and a middle school for Detroit Public School. Overall the school was closed in 2007 due to low enrollment and low test scores. Today the school now sits abandoned.
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[@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...

[@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

[@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☯️

[@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.

[@noahhabeger]

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.

[@JohnTheRevelator11]

Great comment and so true

[@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.

[@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

[@__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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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?

[@jeremyengleman]

Sure, but remember that the median income in 1956 was $3600 per year, or $300 per month. The median home price in 1956 was $14,500, so your parents house cost almost an entire years salary below median. Also, in 1956, the mortgage interest rate was actually 5.5%

[@inkey2]

@@jeremyengleman RE: 1950s: My dad was a 40% disabled Vet and if he didn't get his disabled Vet check every month we would have been in serious financial trouble. At that time he was an assistant college professor and coming up with that $110.00 a month rent (Boston area,,,,high rents) was a worry. I don't think he was even making $3600 a year. Also there was a housing and apartment shortage in the 50s after the war with all the returning vets, It wasn't till he was a full professor that he was able buy a house (at 48 years old)

[@ricksmith1382]

Check the history of car price increases. Wonder why price went up? UNIONS and spoiled rotten salaried auto "workers".

[@mikeadalcinjr]

@@ricksmith1382 your a bootlicker. You either ignored or just failed to mention the fact that the leadership of these companies made way more money and voted to increase their pay well over what the workers on the ground made.

[@kilIstation]

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]

@@ryegaming77 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.

[@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

[@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

[@Augustlove801]

yea sir straight white oriole

[@Augustlove801]

people

[@ramseygarcia1409]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@Puddlesmolly]

@@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@hawkeyfan1]

$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

[@rossmathias5675]

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

[@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-d7r]

It’s ok, not everyone is tech savvy.

[@TheStarswearee]

Fr tho

[@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?

[@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.

[@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?.

[@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.

[@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.

[@silver_fengo]

here come the cs188 comments lmao

[@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.

[@priscillabarcenas8416]

1950’s: - Todd: Morning neighbor! Bob: Good morning Todd! How’s Mary doing? Todd: Great bob! Are you and Karen still coming cover to play cards this evening? bob: you bet Todd! 2019* * ME TO MY NEIGHBOR * Good morning, how’s it going bro? Neighbor (name unknown) puts head down and quickly walks into his apartment 😂 Times have changed

[@LordDathka]

Times are scarier now. You can't trust anyone.

[@briankearney6386]

If these people in the video could see 70 years ahead to the future I think they would be mortified

[@tomsdotter3228]

I grew up in the 50s and 60s. I AM mortified.

[@gerardramirez6320]

I would think so, am 63 and I am mortified. Disregard of property and life, we used to play wiffle ball in the street at night because nobody had ac , all colors of people and we had fun and were respectful.

[@seecanon5840]

I was born in 1951, now 70 and was mortified 30 years ago when wages went up, housing stayed the same and morality, character, respect and humanity started going down the drain. People worried more about the color of their skin, when they got their ‘monthly allowance’ and they didn’t have to work for what they needed, housing, transportation, healthcare and a job that would last more than 4 years. Now housing, transportation, healthcare, food and education has gone to hades in a hand basket.

[@robarment7673]

If I was transported back to the 50’s as an adult, I’d be mortified.

[@mikezylstra7514]

Thank goodness I was born in '48. If I was 30 today I'd hang myself.

[@tiagosp]

Anyone here from cs188?

[@codymelchert2681]

M E

[@tiagosp]

@@codymelchert2681 I knew you would respond.

[@holdshiftt2run308]

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

[@Khaatumo411]

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.

[@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.

[@jeffmorse645]

I was born in 1960. My older sisters and brother were born in the late 1940s and mid 1950s. Dad was a union construction worker (crane operator) and Mom was a housewife. We had a comfortable home, nice car and everything we needed on Dad's paycheck. Mom worked hard too - keeping a home and raising four kids wasn't easy. I'm really grateful to have been born into a family like mine during that time.

[@rondarawson6236]

You were soooooo lucky😁👍

[@hunterhoefker]

idek why i’m watching this😭 i was born in 2002

[@jeffmorse645]

@@hunterhoefker Gosh idk, maybe because you're curious about what life was like in the past?😉

[@musahaque2000]

Born 2000, have a twin brother and little brother born late 2000s, stepdad used to be a waitor now a factory worker, mum used to run a home-day care now does nursin', came from workin' class home then got better, mum would work up to full hours a day, family was strugglin' financially and to provide vacancy but pulled through, grateful as well for what I have.

[@thatgirlshae6913]

I was born in 2001. Glad I was NOT alive in the 50s. I’m black. Much better off in the modern era lol

[@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"

[@karenk2409]

You were the last generation of kids with that kind of freedom. It's sad.

[@slinkywhite9255]

Yes because being more vulnerable to being kidnapped is so great

[@cynthistar124]

My grandma when I wear a shirt and jeans: *Why are you so fancy we are only going to the store?* 1950s: *People wear ties to your house just to play cards*

[@DoubleDogDare54]

My mother had an old photo she took of my father when they were dating. That was back in the late '30s. They were out fishing that day, in a wooden rowboat. My dad had on a proper long sleeve shirt, a tie and spats on his shoes. FISHING! I asked my mother about Dad's attire and she shrugged and said men dressed properly in those days. She told me she'd never have set foot out of the house without doing her hair, doing her face, wearing a dress, hat, gloves, silk stockings with the seams straight in the back, and heels. She always wore nail polish. Bright red. That's just how it was.

[@samanthab1923]

My 24 year old son had to go to a funeral the other day. When he asked should he wear a suit I had to tell him no. Most would probably be in jeans & snow jackets.

[@DoubleDogDare54]

@Frank Silvers Mine, too. She was always very particular about her appearance. I remember once incident when I was probably five years old - not old enough to cross the street on my own. It was probably Memorial Day, I'm guessing. I was on the street corner by our house and I could look down a couple of blocks towards the center of town, which was an old fashioned town square with a court house in the middle. I could hear and see a parade going on around the town square. Excited, I ran into the house and begged my mother to take me to the parade. Well, she had been doing housework and was dressed for the job, not for going out in public. She agreed to take me to the parade, but had to do her hair, touch up her make-up and get completely changed into a nice dress, a hat, gloves, heels, purse, looking presentable. Once she was done she started to walk me down the street towards the center of town. We were met by crowds walking in the other direction. The parade was over. My mother, a typical lady of the times, had spent so much time getting properly dressed for being seen in public, we missed the parade! So she took me home, cleaned me up to look proper and took me shopping instead. Not as much fun as a parade, but she figured as long as she was clean and tidy, no point wasting it! :-D

[@vownal8260]

@@DoubleDogDare54 wow

[@riggs20]

The men were even in pants and collared shirts to mow their yards! I don't think that happened much even in the 40's & 50's. At least not down here in Florida. Now Sundays for church? Definitely everyone dressed up for that!

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@Erik_Ochoa013]

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]

@@Erik_Ochoa013 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.

[@jaydenvaughn1595]

​@user-kc7mu4jp4p no?

[@paulaschroder2076]

In the 1950 era my parents bought a new brick home for 2,000.$ My father made 2.00$ an hour. We purchased new cars every year and went on extended vacations. Good times! What happened?

[@John.Mini-Clubman]

Paula Schroder; $2.00 pr. hr. was a very good hourly wage, indeed back in the `50's and well into the `60's, also.

[@pilsudski36]

I was in grammar school in the fifties. My father worked for the DPW and he earned $86 a week. We had everything a family of five needed to have. We didn't have a car or a TV, but a lot of people didn't. I feel terrible for the young people of today - they will have terrible lives compared to us.

[@luthermcgee3756]

Paula Schroder , inflation generated by greedy corporations.

[@martiansurgery]

American greed, Banks the beginning of the corporate citizen - corporate entities that have more rights than real people

[@rosie4052]

@@pilsudski36 you're right 🙄

[@beerrunner8153]

I'm almost 60 and think the world has gone to shit. Now the price of things are rising faster the wages, and we can't keep up. Years ago we had a good life the kids coming up now are not going to do well.

[@PirateTubeTV]

You won't believe how many kids are homeless today. These kids don't even know what it feels like to even be in an actual house.

[@bluedragon4]

Honestly you sound like every old person in every generation. They all say that.

[@thomaseoghan6266]

OK boomer

[@beerrunner8153]

@@bluedragon4 Too bad you missed out on the good times. Nothing but hardship ahead for you Generation.

[@bluedragon4]

Beerrunner that's what older people also say lol

[@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

[@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

[@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 !!

[@JeremyBardwellGR]

I want to buy a house for 10K

[@macecrawford2860]

Jeremy B my first home was that much. my first car was brand new and only cost about a thousand.

[@make-trix4036]

So many of the older generation bought their houses for pennies on the dollar and sell them for hundreds of thousands of not more. Hard to blame them but we’re completely fucked until the market crashes.

[@kmeccat]

check out detroit then

[@t.d.mich.7064]

Only if you work for $1.75 per hour

[@kennethbredow3098]

@Bree Finn I bought a School built in 1864 close to Lk. Michigan and i only paid 21K sure it needed work but 4 yrs later i have a nice little school to live in. No house payment, no car payment, and best of all no wife, that's living the dream to me!

[@alexsolis1420]

“Beef 43 cents” ............. CENTS “CENTS” C E N T S

[@catholicvidcollection]

Alexx Soliss oh my gosh I laughed out loud!

[@ArcadianWizard]

Alexx Soliss it’s $4.03 if you count inflation

[@mikesemon7392]

Alexx Soliss pesos.

[@Sara-mx3bt]

Lol

[@martinramos8036]

It’s still worth the same it’s just our money is not JFK was to put a end to it but the people that Owen our money had him killed

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@michellegomes4905]

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

[@ferrari_guy3570]

Can you imagine what you could buy for $20 bucks in that store? WoW!

[@Marylandbrony]

It's like how inflation hasn't happened yet.

[@andysshanghailife6595]

Imagine how hard you’d have to work to earn $20, too - it’s all relative my friend.

[@bohemoth1]

During the 1950s five DOLLARS would get you a STATION WAGON FULL OF GROCERIES AND CLEANING SUPPLIES and a few clothes. Shoes were only $1.50. The most expensive items were a brand of sneakers named P. F. FLYERS. They were very expensive costing about $7.00 without any socks! A pair of Brogan Boots cost $2.00. They are now called Doc Martens with one dollar you can buy bread, a quart of milk, quarter pound and cheese and ham, a small jar of Mayonnaise and a stick of butter and a pack of Cigarettes. Mom smoked Pall Mall. Dad smoked Old Gold and Lucky Strikes. Yes with $20.00 during the 50s you were BILL GATES! Especially if you were a kid! Imagine going to the movies and buying popcorn and soda and Goobers and a plain Cheese pizza with just fifty cents. The movie that I saw was THE TEN COMMANDMENTS with Charles Heston as Moses and Yule Brenner as Pharaoh. I remember seeing the movie SAMSON and DILIAH with Victor Mature as SAMSON. Oh those were the days.

[@daybot9592]

In those days $20 took 3weeks to make

[@rtta51]

Candy bars were 5 cents. Coffee was ten cents. Hotdog on a toasted roll was 10 cents too.

[@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😭🙏

[@Juju-l3o]

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.

[@dillionoshea7535]

@@lucasgallant8178you’re a moron show some respect if your parents raised you with any

[@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...

[@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

[@summerthyme71]

OO Luta I take it you lived through the era?

[@ultratoughscene]

Julia takes the entire fahkin week to do the shopping!

[@oliverharris7366]

She is a lazy cow.

[@Misterlikeseverythin]

Feeding 6 people and having a house and a car on a single (non CEO) wage. What kind of sorcery is this?

[@Monix139]

Welfare State

[@leelee0505]

paradise

[@jessicah3450]

Pre Reaganomics

[@BoozyBeggar]

That what happens when only men work; the worker pool is small so wages weren't so goddamned depressed as they are now. THANKS, FEMINISM!!!

[@sonofjapheth5382]

They SAVED their money....instead of spending it on everything coming down the pike.

[@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.

[@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.

[@GreenWithEvil33]

Says the imbecile on the internet.

[@lostbraincellz]

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

[@awbelton]

When America was America.

[@rckc.1719]

folks had a spirit of dignity and pride.......in those days

[@samanthab1923]

People had a strong faith & work ethic.

[@backachershomestead]

And no prison pants!

[@velshock]

And no prison industrial complex.

[@mikezylstra7514]

Those adults put up with 2 world wars, a deadly flu epidemic and a depression. At this point they just wanted to be left alone.

[@jordangordan8980]

And something to be proud of! Much different today. Everything's crumbling under a plastic facade.

[@AHWW288]

It's amazing to think that this gentleman would be anywhere from 95 to 110 years old if he was still alive

[@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

[@nersharific813]

Anyone here from Cs188?

[@codymelchert2681]

Oh yes

[@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 ...

[@s.hughes9994]

I love this video...born in 1943, I was of an age to remember those days and my life. To me those were great years of respect for family, teachers, and most authority. Walking everywhere safely, playing outside on the sidewalks and from yards, riding our bikes around the block. At night we listened to programs on the radio. I believe the 40's and the 50"s were the sweetest years of life in America. It was for me...❤🇺🇸

[@janedolores79]

Yeah I mean white people and Black people didn't even get to eat in the same restaurants and gay people weren't even considered people what a great time for everyone right?

[@calvinjackson8110]

@@janedolores79 yes there was racism back then just like it is now and there is always someone who wants acceptance. But I believe the point was the overall spirit and climate and values of that period was that of peace, love of country and family, respect for God, authority and living a quiet decent life with Christian values and beliefs. The television and radio programs were in good taste and maintained rules of common cutesy, etiquette and decency. This was the general status quo of the times. It is definitely not like this today. You were far safer sleeping in your own bed or being in a supermarket or walking a street or being in school back then than now. I think that is what sm hughes meant.

[@vownal8260]

I would do anything to be born back then 😪. care to share any stories?

[@turquesa_8056]

Except that pesky segregation thing you know......black people at the time wanted that life as well but were denied that because they were still seen as inferior. And not just them, but minorities as well as the LGBTQ community. Imagine how much better life would had been if everyone had been allowed the same chances for success from the start.....Also Corporations care more about profits than anything and send a lot of business overseas for cheaper labor because paying people a decent wage here is unacceptable, especially if that means the CEO can't buy another vacation home like they need it.

[@strangerstay8969]

@@janedolores79 yes actually

[@mattball7074]

Despite being able to watch this on a smart phone, I wish times still resembled this

[@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.

[@karenk2409]

Haha, that would never happen!! Parents didn't consider themselves adversaries to the teachers, they were mutually supportive. Adults were adults.

[@kevindocmesa9073]

There needs to be cigarette smoking and booze drinking in order for this to be accurate.

[@chillydawgg4354]

I thought the same, "where's all the scotch & cigarettes?"

[@ddsjgvk]

@Katerina Sterling Not like in the 50s. In the 50s it was fine to be caught behind the wheel of a car drunk. Cop in the 50s. are you underage drinking and driving? got a beer for me? Alright go on home safely now?

[@davidjames666]

Hero of Kush it is no longer fun today. Someone is always after your money for something

[@ronaldshank7589]

Back then, although I'm not sure, I don't think that the Medical profession had connected alcohol with Cirrhosis of the Liver, and, if they'd connected Tobacco with Cancers of the various types that there are today, they weren't telling anybody about it. Come to find out, it's all tragically connected:The Government, the Medical profession, the food, alcohol, tobacco, and firearms industries. They're all controlled by the elite. If somebody or something makes them a profit,vwhether it's bad or good, back then, they kept a lid on things...just like they try to do now! Thankfully, though, enough information has gotten to the public, so that now, we know what they're up to, and we can use that information to fight back against them, if need be! If people had only known back then what we know now, they could've fought back, too!

[@davidjames666]

Ronald Shank today they just keep raising the safe levels for lead, radiation, and pesticides in food. Roundup and it's paired GMO seeds are safe at any level.

[@The_A_Cast]

Shoutout to the makers of this treasure. Making this back in the 50’s, when one camera weighed around 200 pounds and all the big lighting and microphones…they worked hard to make this documentary!

[@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

[@SpaceCaptainDR]

Who else is here from CS188?

[@garion455]

JoJ

[@codymelchert2681]

Moi

[@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.

[@hopet2552]

Ugh. I can’t even find the words to explain how this video is so bitter sweet.

[@marilynwillett804]

not bitter-

[@boo5868]

How is it bitter? I’m asking a question in a kind way, since I know how things such as this can be misinterpreted.

[@ryanmaidment6057]

@@boo5868 This is the upper middle class. They dont show the severe poverty most went through. Especially after the war. And the racism. You wouldnt see one poc with them. They would be segregated in impoverished neighborhoods.

[@boo5868]

Ryan Maidment oh yeah, I get that part.

[@afunandfriendlyname8468]

Jimins Jams its also bitter because there’s no possible way that we will ever get these times back, and because of the way minorities were treated at the time

[@Msmary98-98]

Hell your neighbor sees you struggling with a lawnmower today, they’ll walk right pass you and look at you like you have two dahm heads!

[@klee_of_c8082]

I agree. But didn’t it look like the guy lent him the same exact lawnmower?!

[@vampirexion]

Depends where you live.

[@MKCarol-ms7lg]

@@klee_of_c8082 That was a much newer mower.

[@steven-vn9ui]

You need to move x There's still plenty of good folk about

[@Michelle97woof]

@@klee_of_c8082 🤣😂🤣Right?

[@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?

[@dustin9035]

Hey neighbor, come over for a card party this Saturday. Neighbor:. Are you drunk?

[@jackieacheson4928]

Hahaha.

[@prospectorjamesmarshall9509]

Oh sorry thats the meth making you talk so fast, on second thought, I just cancelled the card party

[@user-ParisFashionista]

Dustin Nolen Lmaoooo

[@fioname3495]

Well Saturday I will be. But remember, what happens at card night stays at card night.

[@d-nise6364]

Dustin Nolen. Lolol

[@yl791]

Wow parents were comming to school to talk to teachers, and not filing charges against them. :-)

[@judythompson5253]

we also knew how to spell, too

[@zokay1121]

Don't you go visit your kids teachers?

[@kenbob1071]

It's called parent-teacher conferences and they still do it today.

[@sabrinamassie5606]

Teachers weren't shoving political malarkey down our children's throats either .. They weren't redefining genders or painting bullseyes on politicians, either...

[@arturoroco7301]

Sabrina Massie Oh, so you must live in Ca too.

[@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.

[@keyland_]

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

[@codymelchert2681]

*Sped up Funeral March for a Marionette ensues*

[@karenk2409]

'50s parents absolutely knew where their children were: in bed.

[@pillarobert]

wow; I am 63 and remember alot of that even though I was very young, now that all seems like a million years ago. The one thing I do remember is no one really complained about how hard it was.The simple life of just taking care of one another seems to be lost in the world today?

[@anniecrouch2410]

Well said

[@kelligarcia312]

So true

[@savvyconsumer7342]

Indeed. I am the same age and what a change. Big box store and malls put neighborhood mom and po shops out of business. Developers no longer build neighborhoods separati g us even more.

[@syasyaishavingfun]

Nobody complain because it get better than the previous era of world war. Also when the rest of the world still need to rebuild their bombed out cities and America get rich by supplying other countries with materials.

[@angelirizarry2666]

@@syasyaishavingfun thank you for saying this lol Can't stop for a second and think that no one complained because maybe things literally were better back then, even the "hard things". Also dude is probably whit

[@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.

[@bently629]

Ah! Back when gas was 25 cents and burgers were 10 😃

[@centsible12]

And the federal minimum wage was 75 cents (1950)

[@aladdinkayqubad1645]

burgers were 10 emojis..........????????????

[@JBx696]

Aurangzeb Kayqubid lmaooo

[@MoonPhaze5]

...and were REAL beef!!!😞

[@nuggettacoguyperson8841]

One word for you: Inflation

[@Bradytheawesomeman777]

Cs188-ers around?

[@adrianoimperador8362]

YES!

[@SUPERSMASHTV177O13]

Yes

[@SuV33358]

Back when you didnt need to be finger printed, and metal detected, and background checked before entering your kids school🙄

[@lordmasterization]

People carried guns into school too. No problems.

[@thealexalpha8928]

Did we forget the part that 3000 people died because we didn’t have our fingers printed, background checked and entering a kids school? It’s called 9/11

[@ratface1208]

What wtf does 9/11 have to do with the 1950s

[@samanthakuznik5007]

Do you know what 9/11 is? It was when the planes ran into the Twin Towers. What does anything you said have to do with what I just explained?

[@thealexalpha8928]

Samantha Kuznik what I’m trying to say is that we had no technology to know what’s going on. A reason how they allowed a knife in the plane. Now that’s not allowed. So thank god that they have the detectors

[@jjmfrees]

I go out of my way to avoid my neighbors.

[@glennz6686]

Yeah me too, my one neighbor tries to freeload off of me.

[@mrssmurf55]

That's a lonely life to live!

[@jjmfrees]

Ann marie White I got a wife and four kids. There is absolutely no loneliness here.

[@bilbobaggins4710]

Mine don't speak English so......R.I.P America

[@Carl-LaFong1618]

Is this Larry David?

[@Faiththegemini]

Feeding a family of six on one paycheck ? 😭 LMAO

[@gregmartin3425]

Yeah because he works at the auto plant as a unionized shop steward. Now they have robots! Yay.

[@TheKonga88]

And you can still feed a family of six on one pay check very comfortably but that family now doesn't only need the essentials in life, they now have to have cars, insurance, laptops, t.vs, iPod, IPhones, and the list goes on and on.. Humans have become slaves to everything they don't need and they think they are smart...😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jonahvasquez6210]

I would've joined the mob make tons of money. Then move to Argentina where I'd never be found!

[@spok209]

Kunta Kinte only the ones living in “1st world” countries. We’re spoiled really.

[@shineeis5657]

I could feed a family of six on my check... Instant ramen

[@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...

[@JavierMartinez-bt9jh]

Amen to the fifties.... My dad bought his first house for $9,000. I remember his mortgage payment was $96.00 a month including taxes and insurance.we were a family of 7, some how they managed. But, people were very conservative.... NO CREDIT CARDS.... CASH WAS KING... STAY AT HOME MOM, I went to Catholic school and ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches every day ... Played in the streets till midnight in the summer... Best of times...

[@54jeanmarie]

They were very conservative & very resourceful. Great childhood to be raised in the 50's & 60's!! I lived in a small town, we walked everywhere, every family watched out for children's safety.

[@1wonderfulmom]

Javier Martinez that's the very same way i was brought up.thoes were the good days.

[@TicklerDude]

Javier Martinez I grew up in the 50s/60s. My dad was a businessman and when I graduated from college, he loaned me $1M so I could go into the real estate business. I made several million dollars over the years and eventually became a multi billionaire. I have 5 kids, the 3 oldest run my company now and I am the most powerful man on earth. Life is pretty good...

[@newjerseybt]

I fully appreciate your dad for helping you get to where you are. I have never made as much money in six months in our markets since you became the most powerful man on earth. God bless you and your dad for MAGA and God bless the United States of America.

[@smokedchedda1421]

AK 49er And you're President of the United States now. Good job

[@JohnBrown-tq4to]

I was born in 1961. My childhood memories were wonderful! I have family members who were born in the 80s and 90s. They enjoyed their childhood memories too. I think if you grew up in an environment that was happy and joyful, regardless of what era, your memories would be pleasant as well.

[@liztharuler4057]

i was born in 2001, and yes depends on the environment, and yes i agree i had a great childhood

[@c.a.g.3130]

Yea, I have those childhood memories of Kennedy's and King's assassinations, the Vietnam War, riots, and the threat of nuclear annihilation. Nonetheless, growing up on Long Island was great! After all, we had the Beatles, the Mets and Broadway Joe!

[@laurelkane8026]

John Brown that was around the time my parents were having 5 children. It was not a happy time for us. My parents were young and immature. The only happy memories l have growing up was time spent with my grandparents both sides. Thank the Lord l am happy and want for nothing as an 80 yr old.

[@kobevizcano3350]

2020 is not joyful

[@c.a.g.3130]

@@kobevizcano3350 1968 redux. And, yet, in December 1968, men first went to the moon, and 1969, annus mirabilis!, was close upon us. Yup, even in the midst of strife there is rejoicing.

[@artisthusnatalal3099]

*How people used to take care of each other* 🙁

[@BabyGirl-yq3fs]

White*

[@DavidEVogel]

True. If you were having a tough time, you could visit my house. My mom would fill a box with groceries, and give them to you.

[@rewiredhuman3347]

People do care about each other well too now, actually better, it's only thanks to social media that we are able to know what's happening but back then either people would not know or they did not care as much. Women and their families are not being accused of being 'witches', they are more supported by men, wars are becoming less accepted by society, people come together and protest when sht happens to other individuals, the lgbtq people are not being mercileesly targeted and killed as back then.... There's so much that you would see if only you did your research well and refused to hold glorified images of a privileged past.

[@maxsson1188]

only for whites. let's see how they treat black people back then

[@velshock]

@@rewiredhuman3347 right on! ✊🏽

[@IamKnucks]

It's interesting as unions were dismantled to ensure that the rich would get richer and the workers earned no more than was absolutely necessary to pay them by law that society took a turn downward. The sad thing is how often laborers are convinced to vote against their own interests.

[@user-di2on5gl2d]

I remember TV stations were turned off by midnight in the 70's.

[@WesB1972]

And played the National Anthem when they signed off.

[@kadijakallon2533]

Haha

[@mikezylstra7514]

After midnight you'd get skip signals. Instead of Channel 9 in Windsor Ontario we'd get channel 9 in Denver.

[@mlgsnip3r661]

@@mikezylstra7514 old life Hacks

[@garykaplan7728]

@@mikezylstra7514 That happened occasionally. As I recall, it would happen in the Spring on a hot humid day before a big thunderstorm.

[@59nerevar]

People actually dressed up to go shopping.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

And ladies wore stocking with seams in them, like Joan in the video (and my mother).

[@K.I.A22]

Dragoon TV ....MBWAHAHAHA!

[@YACKYSNACKY]

robert burgess *And Church, too...

[@leticiaquinonez9628]

Nowadays people look fake wearing garbage and not real clothes

[@rozannab9701]

They still do in other countries!

[@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.

[@davidbatin1699]

In 1950 a brand new house cost only $9,950? Now a used car cost more than that. Forget about owning a house. No wonder we have so much homelessness now.

[@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!!!!

[@nickdegani]

House owner, provides for a family of 6 and works at a factory. Those were the good ol days

[@PirateTubeTV]

These days to support a family of 6 you have to sell drugs and guns as well as pimp out your wife.

[@pinsolomons]

Let's not forget living in a society where most people in such neighborhoods never had to lock their doors and weren't afraid to sleep with the windows open, kids actually went to school and learned how to read, write and sum before any other optional courses were offered. People with mental issues that threatened harm to themselves or to others were institutionalized and treated for their issues rather than being turned out to fend for themselves. And on and on.

[@アリス-h9t]

pinsolomons as nice as that is, have you forgotten about the racism and homophobia of the 20th century and before,

[@kelleym7623]

Hmmm I suppose my familyis somehow living in the "good ol days" since my husband works in a factory and supports 8 of us 2 adults and 6 children.

[@アリス-h9t]

Louella Nieves ok?