RE 70’s:
I was a teen in the 70s. Muscle cars were cheap - my first muscle car was a 1969 Chevelle SS convertible for 350.00. Bought it in 1977. Gas - other than the artificially-created “oil shortage” in 74(time frame??) - was still cheap; I think I remember 58 cents a gallon at one point.
Drugs weren’t rampant yet in the white neighborhoods.
It wasn’t a bad time - other than disco and polyester leisure suits. The ONLY good thing about disco was the slutty disco chicks...
Overall, on a scale of 1-10, the 70s were about a 7.
I had a normal childhood. My dad was unhappy because he did well financially early in the 70s but we struggled during the Carter years. Both my dad and mom officially became republicans because of Reagan.
Disco music was not really that bad, I bet there are secret disco fans among us. Donna Summer was great.