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To: vannrox

I graduated in 65 but still remember the 70s. It was not that different from the 60s and the 60s in rural Florida was not like the 60s in California.

There is a TV show titled “That 70s Show”. I sort of liked it then realized every one of them were doing drugs, drinking while underage, and having sex.

That is not remotely like when I was in high school. The more I watched it the less I liked it.


25 posted on 10/09/2018 8:06:45 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: yarddog
It was not that different from the 60s and the 60s in rural Florida was not like the 60s in California.

I grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles during the '60's. For the most part, the decade was pretty much a more prosperous, higher-tech--and more expensive--version of the 1950's.

Teenage motorists jammed the Boulevard on Friday nights as they "cruised." On Friday and Saturday, the local drive-in movie theater was packed. Churches were full on Sunday mornings, with Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregationalist, Baptist, Lutheran, Quaker and Roman Catholic churches often needing to have more than one service to accommodate the crowds. At noon, their parishioners trooped into Bob's Big Boy or Jack's coffee shops, the Kon Tiki, and other eateries for lunch.

Jackie Gleason dominated the boob tube on Saturday nights, and Boss Radio KHJ ruled the AM band, blasting out rock and roll.

Even though this was a college town, there wasn't much evidence of the counterculture that was growing in other areas. In the spring of 1967, there was a "love-in" at a city park, but most of those who showed up were curious gawkers, with only a handful of hippies. There were a few vocal war protesters, and some of the teachers at my high school were obnoxious "Kennedy liberals"--whose political views were frequently challenged by conservative students--but in a straw poll of students taken just before the 1968 election, the majority of students favored Richard Nixon for president, and there was a surprisingly strong vote for George Wallace.

65 posted on 10/09/2018 8:51:24 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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