It isn’t the same......

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What just isn't what it used to be?
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Life in general. Those of us who grew up in the 60's and 70's were lucky. So much was new, other countries had an exotic image, travelling was an adventure, we didn't depend on the tv for entertainment.
Now all that is gone and everything seems jaded and negative these days.
 
The political culture of the U.S., with far more of a chasm between people and their orientations, and a warring camps atmosphere of extreme partisanship and party over country with an unwillingness to compromise, work together, or find common ground...
 
Bad: Movies, music, politics, the way people look and dress and behave, tomatoes and peaches, the price of college and housing.

Good: Cars (they don't look as cool as they did but they work better) technology, can't think of much else that's improved. It wasn't too pleasant living through late 70s double-digit inflation and oil crises, don't miss those.

I think 1971 was the peak year for pop music, it's been downhill ever since.
 
I have access to the most music I've ever been able to listen to and don't have to rely on the radio, television, my library or whatever I can afford to purchase to find music that I love.

I can now find up to date information about almost any topic rather than having to rely on a set of encyclopedias that might have been written and/or updated last year.

I can actually find places to go and get directions or call them without having to stop at a phone booth to look at a phone book, pay the pay phone to make a call or carry maps to determine how to get somewhere.

Yes, it isn't what it used to be, it's better.
 
asp3 said:
I have access to the most music I've ever been able to listen to and don't have to rely on the radio, television, my library or whatever I can afford to purchase to find music that I love.

I can now find up to date information about almost any topic rather than having to rely on a set of encyclopedias that might have been written and/or updated last year.

I can actually find places to go and get directions or call them without having to stop at a phone booth to look at a phone book, pay the pay phone to make a call or carry maps to determine how to get somewhere.

Yes, it isn't what it used to be, it's better.
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@asp3 I admire your positivity! :D

I on the other hand, I still mourn the change in Kentucky Fried Chicken.
 
There are just too many people in the world now! You can't get away from the crowds unless you drive for at least an hour, and even then...

Movies, literature, art, and music were much better back in the '70s. And we couldn't rely on technology to occupy our time; we had to go out and find stuff to do, like cruising up and down Main St. for hours at a time, listening to music and drinking beer (small town, USA). I live in a fairly big city now. Maybe people in small towns still do that.
 
Irwin said:
There are just too many people in the world now! You can't get away from the crowds unless you drive for at least an hour, and even then...

Movies, literature, art, and music were much better back in the '70s. And we couldn't rely on technology to occupy our time; we had to go out and find stuff to do, like cruising up and down Main St. for hours at a time, listening to music and drinking beer (small town, USA). I live in a fairly big city now. Maybe people in small towns still do that.
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I've been missing people myself. It was already too lonely & quiet around here & when the lockdown came? Deeeepressing.
 
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