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Question: 30something people > Can you give me one reason why it was a cooler time to grow up in the 80's than the 90's
Mine would be > In the 80s we didn't have to worry about getting our heads blown off at school -- unless you put a whole pack of Pop Rocks in your mouth and drank a coke!.Www@Enter-QA@Com


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Mine was the 90s

Lots of drugs N rock in roll !!Www@Enter-QA@Com

I was born in the 60's, so being a 70's / 80's kid I think there was more respect for teachers and parents!. and they treat you with the same!.It was definately cooler in the 80's, and the pop music was better!.
In the 90's kids were off their heads with allsorts!.
I like your version better, Pop rocks and coke!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

For me it was the music, hanging with your friends without the risk of gettting shot or stabbed, all the neighbours would have known each other and we all got on, hardly any traffic on the roads so you could enjoy a game of football or skipping on the street,
also having the time during the week to sit down and have a healthy meal without rushing here and there,
No reality tv shows just Emu, Rent a Ghost, Bagpuss and then later watching Only fools and Horses and crying with the laugh, good times, xxWww@Enter-QA@Com

Everything was cheaper!. I felt safe playing out with my mates!. People did more for you and there was a better sense of community than what we have today!. People are getting knifed rather than talking things through - I can't remember anything like that when I was younger!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

true, about the shool killings!. i would rather have been born in the 80s though, cuz i could enjoy alternative music at its peak!. blink 182 concerts! nirvana was still alive! (the singer)
growing up in the 90s wouldve rocked!Www@Enter-QA@Com

If you grew up in the 1980s you probably got the chance to see Rocky Horror in theatres and also Pulp Fiction - - so you bridged the 70s and 90s culturally!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

The 80's were very violent and many more people used drugs, cigs, alcohol and the DUI was not a serious charge we were a drunk nation!.

Now we are a drugged nation and I am not sure which is better!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

I'm not 30-something, but I grew up in the '90s!. What I know of the '80s, it was better, as there was better music, shorter skirts and everything was cheaper!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

better music,
if you got in a fight you maybe got smacked with a lump of wood, now you get stabbed!.
shell suits
and what you said hits the nail on the headWww@Enter-QA@Com

Everything you've said - everything most of the other answerers have said plus - no political correctness, - and of course, - in those days trolls were large, hairy mythical creatures!.!.!. ;pWww@Enter-QA@Com

In the 80's we didn't have grownups who could school us on ANY video game!.!.!.!.

Not the case today!.!.!.!.I can routinely kick my stepkid's azzes because I GREW UP playing video games!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

I agree with your reason!.

But would also add the fact that we actually left the house and interacted with one another instead of communicating through the internet or instant messaging!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

I agree with the asker's answer!. There wasn't near as much violence and people just generally were not as mean as they were in the 90's and now!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

ZX Spectrum!.
Better, weirder pop music!.
If you're the right age, you got to see the 70's too!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

I agree with that!. also, there so much of the awful violent vulgar rap music there was in the 90sWww@Enter-QA@Com

was better because i was younger!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

the illegal rave scene in the UK !.!.!.!.awesomeWww@Enter-QA@Com

Agreed, and the 80s was the time of long legs and short skirtsWww@Enter-QA@Com

It just was!!!Www@Enter-QA@Com

No glow ball warming!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

No caller ID

Whoever thumbed me down is a loserWww@Enter-QA@Com

no plastic in foods!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Virgins man!. Lots and lots of virgins!. Cant find any now!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

I would have said it was a more innocent time than the 90s,Www@Enter-QA@Com



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