It was a wonderful decade. A great time to grow up. There was practically no crime. People didn’t even lock their doors. Neighbors looked out or one another. People were thronging the churches. We walked to school only four blocks away. Made friends for life in those walks. Schools had morning devotions. Traffic was light. Cars were dazzling and exciting.
Girls wore poodle skirts. Boys played baseball. Life was good. Young people were expected to refrain from sex until marriage. There were few if any pregnancies out of wedlock. Civilization reined.
We were not inundated with uneducated immigrants from third world countries flooding into the country to work as laborers and become a tax burden. There was a housing boom. Veterans could buy houses with no money down. Eisenhower was the President.
We were were safe, happy, healthy, prosperous and gave God the glory for blessing America. The nation was 90% white. Race relations were cordial. Imagine that. The pathologies that rage today were either absent or well contained.
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