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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 603160" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>This sounds a lot like my parent's generation and I think people really were different back then. Their world was much simpler and less complicated than the way things are today. Most of them had lived through the Depression when they were young and most of the men were in the military during WWII while the women made do and kept things together at home. They learned to make do and re-use and just get by as well as they could - none of the blatant materialism that we have today. They just wanted to be able to provide for their families and live in peace and quiet. And for the most part, they did. Looking back at it now, we lived in a relatively poor neighborhood. We didn't have much but then nobody else did either. Our family, neighbors and friends were all in the same boat - and nobody even noticed! We knew all the neighbors and they knew us, sometimes we helped them out and sometimes they helped us out. I remember our dad mowing our yard and then going over and mowing the neighbor's yard too, a widowed older lady. And there was no fear there. Parents warned their kids about "taking candy from strangers" but for the most part nobody worried. We roamed all over the neighborhood at a very young age and we were safe. If there were child molesters or kidnappers, they certainly weren't on our block! And back then nobody had any idea what a "terrorist" was! As a contrast, I've lived in this house for almost ten years and still know none of my neighbors. My daughter and sister in law have been in their house for over eight years, in a nice neighborhood with other young couples, but they only have a nodding acquaintance with the people who live on either side of them.</p><p> </p><p>Not that they didn't want to do better and want a better life for their children than what they had but it seems like back then people were much more content with what they had. Kids didn't worry about what label was in their clothes or what brand of shoes they were wearing. People concentrated more on each other than worrying about who had the latest model phone or the newest, most expensive car. It just wasn't that important to them ... now it is! People actually felt an obligation to look out for others back then but sadly that's all changed now too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 603160, member: 1883"] This sounds a lot like my parent's generation and I think people really were different back then. Their world was much simpler and less complicated than the way things are today. Most of them had lived through the Depression when they were young and most of the men were in the military during WWII while the women made do and kept things together at home. They learned to make do and re-use and just get by as well as they could - none of the blatant materialism that we have today. They just wanted to be able to provide for their families and live in peace and quiet. And for the most part, they did. Looking back at it now, we lived in a relatively poor neighborhood. We didn't have much but then nobody else did either. Our family, neighbors and friends were all in the same boat - and nobody even noticed! We knew all the neighbors and they knew us, sometimes we helped them out and sometimes they helped us out. I remember our dad mowing our yard and then going over and mowing the neighbor's yard too, a widowed older lady. And there was no fear there. Parents warned their kids about "taking candy from strangers" but for the most part nobody worried. We roamed all over the neighborhood at a very young age and we were safe. If there were child molesters or kidnappers, they certainly weren't on our block! And back then nobody had any idea what a "terrorist" was! As a contrast, I've lived in this house for almost ten years and still know none of my neighbors. My daughter and sister in law have been in their house for over eight years, in a nice neighborhood with other young couples, but they only have a nodding acquaintance with the people who live on either side of them. Not that they didn't want to do better and want a better life for their children than what they had but it seems like back then people were much more content with what they had. Kids didn't worry about what label was in their clothes or what brand of shoes they were wearing. People concentrated more on each other than worrying about who had the latest model phone or the newest, most expensive car. It just wasn't that important to them ... now it is! People actually felt an obligation to look out for others back then but sadly that's all changed now too. [/QUOTE]
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