Do you think you could handle living in the 1950's?

Answer 1

Been there,done that as a kid. It was perhaps a bit more innocent a time than now but we lived under a constant shadow of nuclear war. School children were put through regular air raid drills and in my school, we were issued dog tags in the event our bodies would need to be identified. So no matter when you live or when you grew up, the boogey man takes on many forms but in all, I loved being a kid in the 50s and 60s because we lived through the golden age of television, Camelot, the dawn of the civil rights movement , the birth of rock and roll, cheap gas, the beginning of the space race, and being able to play outside well after dark. Because technology was comparatively primitive, we had to rely on ourselves for entertainment and that generation has produced some of the most creative minds of the last century. They were momentous as well as scary times and we just lived through them without thinking about any special handling.

Answer 2

i did live in the 1950's and we had black and white tv
a lot of good radio stations with good rock and roll music
no cell phones and any computer crap to clutter people' mind
we had drive in movie's that were fun to attend.
minature golf
drive in's like A&W and Ma and Pa and the food was better then this McDonald's crap..but Wendy's is good as that is closest to how the hamburgers used to tatste...and cars
and house were cheaper...but the wages were very low so people had to save for the things they wanted..
there was very little credit cards..these cause people to spend more money then they should...now they offer them to just about anybody whether they can afford them or not..

I believe this country is going in the wrong direction as there is too much materialism with the younger people..weddings that cost $20,000 or more? for what? to go into debt before you even start the marriage? divorce rates are sky rocketing as with the bankruptcy's in the United States..

The people have a false sense of security and sooner or later our life style will catch up to us...in the 50's people could handle hard times...now people have to have their computers, cell phones, Starbucks, extreme entertainment..and the funny thing is there is less happiness now and people are getting worse and not better..
The average child in America is being raised by an single mom struggleing to make ends meet with just a low income job..no time for the children to have a full time mother like most of us in the 50's had...mom was always home and dad worked..so keep all your so called luxuries...at least we knew our parents...

Answer 3

Yes, I think I could. I think I was supposed to live during that time or even earlier...Victorian times. I have a passion for most everything from the 1650's on up to present time. I once collected enough 50's and 60's items to sell to a movie studio to use in the filming of "13 Days. The Cuban Missile Crisis".

Answer 4

I think I would have LOVED it!! Oh My God!! I hate living in the 21st century. I feel like a re-incarnated person. I wish we could go back to the 1920's and 30' 0r 50's. But just leave the computer. You can have all the Ipods, and Mp3 players, and all that other junk. At least the prices for food and gasoline wouldn't be as expensive as they are now. And I do believe that the crime rate would not be as high as it is today.

Answer 5

I think I could. Most everything seemed so much simpler then. I crave simplicity.
I've often felt I was born in the wrong era, like I should have been a baby boomer instead of whatever my generation is (b. 1970). As long as I got to be a teen in the 60's, I would be very happy.

Answer 6

seemed so much simpler then. I crave simplicity.
I've often felt I was born in the wrong era, like I should have been a baby boomer instead of whatever my generation is (b. 1970). As long as I got to be a teen in the 60's, I would be very happy.

Answer 7

I did live in the 1950's and it was wonderful

and so were the 60's, and the 70's, the 80's weren't bad, the 90's were busy and filled with activity, and so far this century has not been at all dull.

Answer 8

Possibly. I would be able to see what this damn Elvis thing is about and I'd get to save Buddy Holly's life by preventing him from getting on that plane. Although, I'd really just be waiting around for the Beatles to hit the scene in the 60's.

(Or I could be evil and release Beatles songs right before the real Beatles release their songs. "What the bloody hell? How does this bloke know our songs before we even know them?")

Answer 9

I could. Most everything seemed so much simpler then. I crave simplicity.
I've often felt I was born in the wrong era, like I should have been a baby boomer instead of whatever my generation is (b. 1970). As long as I got t

Answer 10

OMFG NO WAY.

I hate to cook, i hate aprons, i would hate pretending I like my homebody life while my husband works. and worse, I would hate the society that pretends everyone can and does live the "Leave it to Beaver" life while most people are not - esp non-whites.
ANd, to top it off, I do not like 50's music or those weird pointy bras.

But, the benefit of being born in the 50's would mean i'd get to live through the late 60's which would be great

thanks for letting me vent ;)