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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1724091" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>With the dinosaur comment in regard to the mid-seventies, I assume the claim is that we have worse economic conditions now than in the seventies. I can't agree with that. I was already an adult in the 70's - some on here probably were not. But I have experienced both the 70's and the present. Around my area, the standard of living is better today. Better housing for sure. Better medical care. Better employment opportunities. Better recreational opportunities. More people in the middle class, especially minorities. Many families in the 70's had only one vehicle. Now, one for each family member with maybe a spare for pulling the travel trailer and the boat and the horse trailer - things that few people here had in the 70's. Better school facilities for sure (not claiming that the education is better, but maybe). Many more service and retail businesses, which I associate with economic improvement.</p><p>Things that have changed for the worse - Obesity. When we rode those dinosaurs to college, people were not nearly as overweight as they are today. Laziness - I think laziness increases with prosperity. Petty theft and home break-ins and respect for the police - way worse now. AND personal responsibility. People definitely want to present themselves as the victim now.</p><p></p><p>Do you remember the 70's differently? Maybe it is just me that improved my economic conditions - probably due to my sense of responsibility.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1724091, member: 40418"] With the dinosaur comment in regard to the mid-seventies, I assume the claim is that we have worse economic conditions now than in the seventies. I can't agree with that. I was already an adult in the 70's - some on here probably were not. But I have experienced both the 70's and the present. Around my area, the standard of living is better today. Better housing for sure. Better medical care. Better employment opportunities. Better recreational opportunities. More people in the middle class, especially minorities. Many families in the 70's had only one vehicle. Now, one for each family member with maybe a spare for pulling the travel trailer and the boat and the horse trailer - things that few people here had in the 70's. Better school facilities for sure (not claiming that the education is better, but maybe). Many more service and retail businesses, which I associate with economic improvement. Things that have changed for the worse - Obesity. When we rode those dinosaurs to college, people were not nearly as overweight as they are today. Laziness - I think laziness increases with prosperity. Petty theft and home break-ins and respect for the police - way worse now. AND personal responsibility. People definitely want to present themselves as the victim now. Do you remember the 70's differently? Maybe it is just me that improved my economic conditions - probably due to my sense of responsibility. [/QUOTE]
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