Who among us thinks they would like to live the kind of life our fore fathers of 100 years ago did?

Question

Before you answer, think of what life in 1906 must have been like.

Answer 1

I think i would love to live in 1906..where the technologies were non existent..you lived off the land, crime was not as bad, families actually stayed together, and the TV, computer, Cd's, and the many varieties of games did not rule your life..times were simpler, love was harder, families were deeper, and laws were harsher.

Answer 2

It's not that I hope and wish and pray for a miracle so I can live in that era. I think that I could survive there..Yes true those were difficult times with health issues and poverty, but you can't say that we don't have some of that now. I could live without electricity and running water, I could also work my a** off to be able to make it thru the winter on a farm. It's called survival and many people 100 years ago did it, I think I could too. A visit to test my mind and my skills would be a worthwhile venture, but no I wouldn't want to live that kind of life and know about the kind of life we have now.

Answer 3

Well, there are pros and cons. The days of yesteryear were a lot simpler. However, people didn't have the modern conveniences in today's world, so they had to work harder and longer. For example, women made their own bread from scratch instead of driving to the supermarket to pick up a loaf, conveniently sliced and packaged and ready to eat.

Morals and behavior were vastly different. Young ladies had a certain code of ethics called, "deportment". Chaperones were required when young people dated, even if they just sat in the parlor or the porch swing.

There was no television, VCR's, DVD's, iPods, MP3 players, computers, Nintendo games, cell phones, or other technological entertainment devices. There were Victrolas and a primitive form of the radio and old-fashioned telephones and Smith & Corona typewriters, whose keys would often jam up in the center. Kids had to be resourceful and creative, inventing their own games to play.

There were no refrigerators or microwaves -- only ice boxes and wood-burning, pot-bellied stoves.

Even the fashions of the day were different. Women wore corsets tightly laced, long dresses down to the floor, and elaborate hats and headresses. Everything was as prim and proper as they were.

I could go on and on, but you get the idea. But with all our modern advances in science and technology; our high-speed living and convenience foods, etc., there is missing, the quality of family togetherness, the appreciation of simple things, and the necessary creativity of making do with whatever was available.

I would still opt for things the way they are now, but often times yearn for those "good old days", when there was no terrorism, no weapons of mass destruction, no dirty politics, etc. If we could combine the simplicity of the past with the progress of the present, it would be an idyllic world.

Answer 4

Do you mean live as if it's 1906, with those conditions, or live today as they lived before?
I think some things would be better if we lived as if it's 1906. We'd all be growing our own food, nothing artificial added to it, no tv's to distract us or keep us from getting to know our neighbors, no big machinery to pollute the air or water, etc. But as long as it's really now, with all the advances, discoveries, all the advantages of now.
Plus, we wouldn't have to be dependant on foreign oil for gas because we wouldn't have cars, or at least most of us wouldn't. There's a lot of things that would be better, but I'm tired and I can't think of all of them right now. Thanks for asking this question.

Answer 5

I wouldn't want to live in 1906. My maternal grandfather was an ambulance driver (team of horses) at Bellevue Hospital in New York, and my grandma was a registered nurse at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia. They saw each other every other weekend . . .

She sewed all the family's clothes on a treadle sewing machine and thought she was advanced because she had her own sewing machine. My parent's families knew each other, and my dad's mom lived in West Philly, my mom's mom in South Philly. My mom's mom had been kicked out of the family for marrying a Catholic, and her family was a founding family of the AME Zion Church.

These were 'Yankee Blacks' who had never been in the South or had slavery in their families, but I wouldn't want to live there for more than a couple of days.

Answer 6

I think I might like to live in those times... I'm not sure how I'd feel about getting ill, or having to birth a child or even go to the Dentist without help in the pain area... That'd suck. But other than that, it might not be that bad. I like the Pioneer times.

Answer 7

It might be interesting to visit for a few hours, but I sure wouldn't want to live there! Diptheria and tuberculosis were running rampant. High infant mortality rates, shorter lifespans, and harder lives in general would make me prefer to live in the here and now.

Answer 8

Not me. It was way to hard back then. No air, no indoor plumbing, no TV no computers Those people had to be really strong. I am happy with my life here.

Answer 9

It would be fascinating to try, but I doubt that I have the physical strength necessary for it. And yet...what a different perspective it would give us!

Answer 10

Definitely not. We have more conveniences now, and life kinda sucked for women then.