re: What was life like in the 1970s as an adult

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It seemed like everyone had a love affair with the white powder. And it really wasn’t that frowned upon.

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People also handed out pills like they were skittles.

One great thing about that era, people didn't overanalyze and overthink everything. Life was more at face value. My neighborhood had both working class and professionals, and no crime.

Most people watched after the neighborhood kids and understood that the kids will be kids and do crazy things, and we weren't eternally punished for it. We matured much more quickly than kids today because we had to learn and we're given responsibility. It was a very idealized time to be a kid, but the grown ups libpved with a bad economy, the shadow of Vietnam and the threat of global nuclear war.