If you could have lived at any period of our history, when would it have been?

[Joe Fields]

For me, it would have been the dust bowl era. I'm fascinated about what it would have been like to travel around the country by car, during that period. It would have been a real adventure.

[Redstone]

1. I'd enjoy doing that a lot, too. Only if I could come back afterward.

I like air conditioning.

Redstone

[Joe Fields]

4. I forgot to mention that you can't come back. lol

[Redstone]

6. Then I'll stay here, thank you anyway. I'd love to visit the past, but not to stay there.

Redstone

[pokerfan]

18. 1890 - 1929

but get me the hell out before the great depression.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. My funeral

[Joe Fields]

5. I'd be afraid I'd be setting myself up for disappointment on that one. lol

[MonkeyFunk]

3. New York City

right after WWII.

[Redstone]

7. Not a bad pick. Lots of optimism and energy, and you could still smoke anywhere.

Redstone

[MonkeyFunk]

8. Yep

and a civility that's long-gone.

If you were a white man, of course.

[Hangingon]

9. Great pick. I think San Francisco would have been great too.

[MonkeyFunk]

10. Yes, that would be great, too

I just sigh with envy every time I watch Vertigo.

[SarahB]

11. Early to mid 70's.

The midst of the sexual revolution where anything could be cured by a week of antibiotics. :evilgrin:

[Wapsie B]

12. For me it would be to relive that time.

But I'm over that now. I'm not over THAT, just the time-travel fantasy. :evilgrin:

[SarahB]

21. I was a toddler then.

:D
My dad, though, (who's the most uptight guy ever) rode a motorcycle and worked as a bartender (he was an attorney!). My mom looked like Catherine Zeta-Jones then, so she was doing just about anything she wanted.

[Wetzelbill]

15. dude we could've hooked up!

I said 70s too!

[SarahB]

20. No coke though.

Never had the desire to get into that crazy shit.

Early to mid though. :smoke:

[Wetzelbill]

22. more of a pepsi guy anyway

:)

[Shell Beau]

13. I am completely fascinated with the Civil War. I wouldn't

necessarily want to live back then, (even though I feel I could've made a small difference at least) but still, I find myself trying to find out as much as I can about that era!

[Wetzelbill]

14. I should be twenty years older

graduating HS right in the mid-70s. Jamming to the music and shit. It would have been awesome. I would have made a pretty solid 50s greaser too. I'm kind of an old-school guy.

[guitar man]

16. Old West

I would have made a great gunslinger, maybe a US marshall like Matt Dillon or something. Anything where I could have lived by my wits and ran free across the open country.

[Shell Beau]

19. So you probably loved Doc!!??!!

I have considered naming my son (when I have him one day) Wyatt! I think it is precious even though I am not a Western lover. My hubby, on the other hand, would love it strictly for the western reason!

[guitar man]

28. Wyatt

Wyatt would be an ultra-cool name for a boy.

[Book Lover]

17. Honestly, I don't think any time is better than now to be a woman in the US

[XemaSab]

25. Word

The whole dying in childbirth thing... not such a good deal, especially considering the lack of family planning options. :P

[Robeson]

23. Right here, right now....

...it allows me to reflect on ALL the past, and look forward to the future.

[Art_from_Ark]

24. I've always had a fascination for the post-Revolutionary War era

and like to imagine rubbing elbows with people like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, James Madison, John Adams, et al

And I would have liked to see the country when it was still mostly wilderness, and Marblehead, Massachusetts (population 6000-- sa-LUTE!) was the largest city!

[BlueIris]

26. More and more, I keep wanting to have seen the '60s.

Up close and personal, all over the world.

[Joe Fields]

30. I re live the '60's every day.

[InvisibleTouch]

27. The Mesozoic.

If by "our" history you mean the history of the planet. :)

[raccoon]

29. Have you ever read THE GRAPES OF WRATH? Doesn't sound like adventure to me.nt

[Joe Fields]

31. That's what makes horseraces.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

34. In those times, that's what makes horse stew

anything to stave off hunger.

That period hardened the folks who would enlist for WW2, so there was an impressive outcome.

interesting times.

[Joe Fields]

36. And if you had any horse sense, you saved it.

[datasuspect]

32. london 1452

chicago 1931

india 2000 b.c.

athens 750 b.c.

rome 9 b.c.

berlin 1928 - 1931

texas 1830s - 1860s

new york 1870

rural midwest 1928-1935

[kwassa]

33. The Italian Renaissance in Florence and Rome

so much happening, so much great art.

[treestar]

35. The early days of the U.S.

After the war.

I might also like to have lived in the 1960s as an older person than I was at the time.

[Zavulon]

37. During WWII

I'm fascinated by the history of it and would love a chance to see it firsthand, especially in Germany or France, and especially with the knowledge I have now. I know it wouldn't be much fun, I know horrors took place, but there is no period in history that interests me more.