re: BR natives and current residents: what's the best span of years for you?

The responses in this thread will consist of people telling you that when they were a kid in BR it was the best possible time because human beings continually think that when they were carefree everything else must have been, too.

I remember the 80's and 90's quite well. The city does feel differently now when I visit. But BR in the 90's was a fricking warzone and don't let anyone tell you different. Katrina my arse.