What was the best decade in America?

[fuzzybuddy]

I don't think there is best decade. I know some fondly look back at the 1950s early 60s as an ideal time as they grew up. But that time was filled with race riots, fierce and long lasting strikes, the "BOMB" fears, and fallout shelters-"duck and cover". Pick any era, and good things happened, and bad things happened. For any generation, the best time is their childhood.

 

[smiley]

probably hasn't come yet?

 

[Sunny]

In my own experience, I'd say the 60's were the most exciting, the most optimistic, and also the worst. Certainly an interesting period.

 

[HermitHogan]

The '90s were pretty good.

We had the tech boom including the development of the internet (albeit with dialup connections) and the ubiquity of the PC.

We actually won a war in the '90s (the Bosnian War). I think that's the only war we won since WWII.

I was in college during half of the '90s, so those were good years (relatively speaking). It was still cheap to live, which is how I was able to afford it, and tuition was still affordable at state universities. When I started, tuition was less than $500 a semester and my apartment was only $250 a month. Towards the end of the '90s, prices started to skyrocket.

 

[OregonGuy]

The first decade of the 20th century is the only one there was not a war:
First World War, 1914–1918

Russian Civil War, 1917–1922

Third Afghan War, 1919

Irish War of Independence, 1919–1921

Irish Civil War, 1922–1923

Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939

Arab Revolt in Palestine, 1936-1939

Second World War, 1939–1945

Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine, 1944-1948

Partition of India, 1947

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1948 onwards

Malayan Emergency, 1948–1960

Yangtze Incident, 1949

Korean War, 1950–1953

Kenya Emergency, 1952–1960

Cyprus Emergency, 1955–1959

Vietnam War, 1955–1975

Suez Crisis, 1956

Brunei Revolt, 1962–1963

Indonesian Confrontation, 1963–1966

Aden Emergency, 1963–1967

'The Troubles', 1969–1998

Falklands Conflict, 1982

Gulf War, 1990–1991

Sierra Leone Civil War, 1991–2002

Bosnian War, 1992–1995

Kosovo War, 1998–1999

War in Afghanistan, 2001–2021

Iraq War, 2003–2011

Libya Conflict, 2011–present

Syria Conflict, 2011–present

Ukraine Conflict, 2014-present

Yemen Conflict, 2014–present

Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, 2014–present

 

[spectratg]

We actually won a war in the '90s (the Bosnian War). I think that's the only war we won since WWII.

It was the Gulf War.

 

[oldman]

That was the '90s.

My parents bought a lot of Apple stock sometime in the 80’s. I am pretty sure about that.

 

[HermitHogan]

It was the Gulf War.

No, the "Gulf War" was more of a skirmish that the U.S. had a role is starting. I'm talking about the Bosnian war.

 

[HermitHogan]

My parents bought a lot of Apple stock sometime in the 80’s. I am pretty sure about that.

Yeah, Apple computer was around in the '80s, but not the Internet was we know it today.

 

[Lilac]

The 1980s for music, movies & fun. The 1990s for the economy, marriage & kids.

 

[Ruthanne]

Sometime before I was here. I enjoyed being a kid for the most part so 50s and 60s. I liked that because there were no responsibilities then, things were easier for me.

 

[Dave03]

That's easy. It's the decade you grew up in. Been that way forever.

 

[Victor]

What about the 1780s? If you had money and land and not a slave