I was born in the 90’s, were the 80’s and 90’s truly the best time to be alive?

It was pretty fricking great!

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Was this the best time to be alive?

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if it was for you it was

Don't forget the 70's. It's what set up the 80/90's. Especially R & R.

Yes… but I imagine everyone thinks their own growing up years were the best.

‘82 vintage, here. Walked, skated, biked everywhere and was only governed by streetlights. Almost all my teachers were middle to old age and didn’t rub up on the students.

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didn’t rub up on the students.

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and you call those good times??

My vote goes to the 50's. They were followed by the tumultuous 60's with the Cuban Missile Crises, JFK's assassination, protests about the war in Nam, civil rights marches and violence, MLK's assassination and finally RFK's assassination.

Also the birth and eventual death of the "Hippy Movement" when one Charles Manson had his minions kill 7 people over a 2 night period, thus being instrumental in ending the so called "Summer of Love".

They were pretty rad

It’s not that it was best but in many areas the last time of innocence.. suburbia was still holding onto freedom that allowed children to explore and get into mischief without it being considered a capital offense.. technology was growing but still in its infancy so we were forced to interact in a much different way.

Yes and I miss it daily.

Im biased as I grew up in that era but yeah it was pretty great aside from the astounding murder numbers of the early to mid 90s. The technology boom makes it the greatest era on record imo. Also the last great era as its been nothing but downhill since. Also due to technology. The gift and the curse.