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RKP5637

(67,112 posts) Mon Jul 23, 2012, 07:26 PM Jul 2012

Which decade do you think was the best? [View all]

I'm just curious what Du'ers think. In my case I think the 70's were the best in terms of feeling a sense of optimism, like we were progressing. I also liked the 60's. From the 80's on I've felt a lot of negativity in the country. Anyway, I'm just curious. I realize this is pretty broad brushing.

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Which decade do you think was the best? [View all] RKP5637 Jul 2012 OP

anything pre-Reagan and pre-Walmart Skittles Jul 2012 #1

Yep! That sure sums it up well!!! I was talking with a young kid the RKP5637 Jul 2012 #4

strange Skittles Jul 2012 #5

There is sooo much reality in that statement. I just took them for RKP5637 Jul 2012 #10

I see an America where rightwing whackos have essentially won Skittles Jul 2012 #13

Sometimes I wonder if we're headed for some type of right wing theocratic RKP5637 Jul 2012 #15

Some of us do... malthaussen Jul 2012 #32

So, in other words, anything before 1962? Art_from_Ark Jul 2012 #49

All the decades before Reagan. Kalidurga Jul 2012 #2

1700's bluerum Jul 2012 #3

I was always just too young to really enjoy it, but the 70's by far. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #6

20's -..__... Jul 2012 #7

In terms of optimism, the 70s Auggie Jul 2012 #8

I enjoyed the '60s and early '70s, Blue_In_AK Jul 2012 #9

LOL, I know what you mean! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #11

I think that covers it... malthaussen Jul 2012 #12

Yeah, the 70s XemaSab Jul 2012 #14

Not to mention disco. Blue_In_AK Jul 2012 #17

And leisure suits in all colors of the rainbow, like lime green and tangerine. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #23

I loved disco! It was so absurd and I love absurd in art! CTyankee Jul 2012 #33

I've always preferred 65-75. malthaussen Jul 2012 #16

Very interesting observation. I often wonder what causes the RKP5637 Jul 2012 #25

Yup...culturally speaking, it was the peak BeyondGeography Jul 2012 #27

Got to agree with Mal- KegCreekDem Jul 2012 #42

I voted nineties. RiffRandell Jul 2012 #18

That's exactly why I voted for the 90's. tridim Jul 2012 #26

It's not even close. The '60's were best, and I know this because.... Scuba Jul 2012 #19

One of my friends said the other day if you can remember the 60's, you RKP5637 Jul 2012 #20

Usually it's "If you can remember the sixties, you weren't there." malthaussen Jul 2012 #31

I think the 60's (early to mid)... MrMickeysMom Jul 2012 #21

Yep, to me the JFK years were magical! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #22

The 1610's. Marr Jul 2012 #24

As long as I'm alive & kickin, it's a great decade. Inkfreak Jul 2012 #28

I'm holding out Scootaloo Jul 2012 #29

75-80 were personally the best era for me. nt Raine Jul 2012 #30

It was the nineties for me. The music was great, pnwest Jul 2012 #34

I voted for 50's crimson77 Jul 2012 #35

Yep, things were built to last and repairable, many companies took pride in you RKP5637 Jul 2012 #39

Um, there's a bit of old-fogeyism inherent, there malthaussen Jul 2012 #48

Interesting link you posted, especially this paragraph. I didn't realize RKP5637 Jul 2012 #53

Yeah, the 1932 bit was new to me. malthaussen Jul 2012 #55

Yep!!! LOL "just old wine in new bottles." That's how I like to think of RKP5637 Jul 2012 #56

Considering that I was born in 1990, Jamaal510 Jul 2012 #36

Yep, I think civil rights today are far far better. Back in the 50's, etc. gay marriage, RKP5637 Jul 2012 #43

80s. Duran Duran, Kajagoogoo, Fun Boy 3, and Haircut 100. Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #37

Ain't no best. 1990's weren't such a bad time to grow up though. craigmatic Jul 2012 #38

70s. moondust Jul 2012 #40

The half decade after Vietnam and Nixon thucythucy Jul 2012 #41

Yep!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #46

I am willing to bet a buck that 99% of the votes just happen to pick the decade when the grantcart Jul 2012 #44

Only 99%? n/t malthaussen Jul 2012 #50

I picked the decade when the Great Society was in full swing, Art_from_Ark Jul 2012 #52

I'm an 80s kid. MrSlayer Jul 2012 #45

90's. Alduin Jul 2012 #47

The 60's, for me, meant good things: Ineeda Jul 2012 #51

The next one, and the one after that.... Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #54