Best Decade of the 20th Century

[Yavin4]

My pick: The 70s by far. I was just a kid then, but it seemed like the entire decade was one big party. People had a new sense of freedom. Yeah, Vietnam, Watergate, the energy crisis bummed us out a little, but people partied and had fun. It was a crazy, crazy time.

Then, Reagan got elected and the party ended. Money became THE most important thing in life, and it's been that way ever since. Everybody's working three jobs to make ends meet and no one is partying.

[sistersofmercy]

1. 90's for me. Although we had the Mean Ol' Snake in the beginning

we had Clinton for the rest of the decade! Move to St Louis there's always a party here. We celebrate other countries festivals and holidays, heck we have parties for everything. St. Patty's Day is huge here, as well as Mardi Gras. I'd be willing to bet we have more bars per capita than most other bigger cities. We have a lot of great restaurants here as well, any cuisine you desire.

[supernova]

2. Good case to be made for the 20s

They ushered in the end of the Edwardian era and the beginning of the modern one.

- Womens' rights, including full sufferage.

- time-saving appliances

- cars

- Utilities and mass transit became more available to the average Joe/Jane.

- Explosion of art, music (Jazz, hello?) and films, especially the German expressionist movement.

[david_vincent]

3. Something I read once convinced me that the 30s

was a wonderful time - not, of course, if you were starving or forced off your land by the Dust Bowl. But for those who were lucky enough to have jobs that provided a living wage, the 30s must have been a simply amazing time. Think about it - no AIDS, no ICBMs, no BS about having to give your SS number to rent a place, great movies & music, the first stirrings of changing attitudes and social mores, and you could go out and buy yourself a Pierce-Arrow if you could afford it. I imagine that it must've been a tremendously exciting time to be alive.

[Yavin4]

5. Not So Great If You Were African-American

My father was a teenager during the 30s.

[RandomKoolzip]

4. The nineties, if only for the bittersweetness of

recent nostalgia; we were in heaven and didn't even know it until Bush came in and shat on everything.

[Brucey]

6. Ala Dickens: They were the best of times, they were the worst of times:

The 60s.

[chaska]

7. Ever watch any movies from the forties?

Man, the women were hot back then.

[FDRrocks]

8. 30's

It was the peak of the progessive era, afaik.

we had social programs being built. It was amazing. I still, to this day, this that the method of the state employing people (rather than the welfare) system, was better. Even if they just raked leaves on streets.

FDR is my freaking god (well, I would disown him during his 4th campaign).

[Some Moran]

14. The New Deal wasn't part of the Progressive Era...

It was the logical next step from the Progressive Era (going from "shifting the balance to individuals from corporations" to "giving people a hand-up in times of need"...Great Society moves to "Giving everybody an equal opportuniy to succeed and live the good life.")

[George_Bonanza]

9. I think the Forties would've been very interesting

The Golden Age of Hollywood in full swing, albeit with a strict morality code that nonetheless inspired some of the most clever dialogue and indirect innuendo, as opposed to today's no-holds-barred bombardment of s-e-x. Plus, having World War II go on during your life would've been a huge experience, for better or for worse.

[Piperay]

13. Yeah, I agree...

seemed like such an innocent time where people actually believed that other people were good and decent and people had high hopes for the future.

[AquariDem]

10. I would've been in one of those c-r groups

of the 70s, if I was alive then, which I was not.

[Rowdyboy]

11. The 1950's for a southern,

white, lower-middle class family.

At 8, I had total freedom to ride my bike whereever I liked. First job, at 13, delivering groceries by bicycle for a small Jewish grocery. We had family, and relatives with farms, and cousins and security. We went swimming in creeks and made homemade ice cream and were innocent.

Life was very good.

The 1960's were great too, but they were much more stressful.

[Some Moran]

15. That sounds like something from G. Gordon Liddy's latest book...

But I can see the nostalgia behind it nonetheless.

[Guaranteed]

12. Alright, who's the joker that voted for the 30's?

VERY funny.