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I don't remember the "old days" being so good...particularly the '70s which were the dark ages of American culture. Between the moon landing and the end of the Iranian hostage crisis, the way I remember it things kinda sucked. Took a few years to get better after that.
You had hippie freaks burning their draft cars and spitting on Marines who had just come back from the fight.
Watergate, Agnew...etc.
Lime green leisure suits. Platform shoes, polyester and disco. Polka Dots and stripes. I find photos from the 70's very disturbing.
Stagflation, unemployment, TMI, Iran Hostage Crisis
Finally, I remember walking through Time Square in the early '80s and being offered cocaine and in broad daylight. One walk through Time Square today would tell you how things have improved.
Take a look at the violent crime statistics. down, down, down every year. Plus regardless of the baggy jeans and stuff, no matter how hard people try today, they can't look as scruffy as they did during the 70's. No...I think things are better today.
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