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1. PEOPLE WERE MORE FRIENDLY
Certainly, in the town of the 80s, a lot of people used to say "hello" or maybe have a short conversation when walking past them. The percentage of people who communicate with you (or even acknowledge that you exist!) Was certainly much higher in the 1980s. -
2. THERE WAS LESS TRAFFIC ON THE ROADS
No one could argue against this point. Roads were certainly quieter and therefore safer in the past. It was that time when they joined groups of children and cycled through town quite happily, without having to deal with too much traffic. Now you hardly see children on bicycles. Either because their parents don't leave them out of fear for their safety, or because they are at home using technology in some way. -
3. EVERYTHING WAS BIG LIKE THE HAIRSTYLES AND SHOULDER PADS
No era took "bigger is better" so seriously. The 80s took everything to the extreme, hairstyles, cars, television screens, shoulder pads. If it wasn't BIG, it didn't count in the 80s. -
4. A GREAT TIME FOR MUSIC
There is no room for discussion here, Queen, Michael Jackson, Guns & Roses, Maddona, The Cure, Depeche Mode, the birth of Metal Rock, electronic music, there was something for everyone and the list can go on for a long time. The '80s left us with an epic hit list that no other decade can even match. -
5. THE ERA OF TECHNO-EXPLOSION
Is there anything more interesting and entertaining than experiencing the beginning of a new era? We would never get bored with the enormous amount of new games, devices and technologies created in the '80s and above all the adrenaline of living the decade in which the future we live today began to take shape. -
6. DRINKS CAME IN GLASS BOTTLES
Whether it was Corona pop or milk, everything came in glass bottles. Not only was this better for the environment, but it tasted better, too. Milk, in particular, tastes like the plastic container it comes in, and goodness knows what chemicals are leaking into it. There is now a waste epidemic, with millions of tonnes of plastic bottles thrown into landfill or into the nearest hedgerow. -
7. EVERYTHING WAS BUILT TO LAST
The first video recorders and ghetto blasters were sturdy beasts with metal switches. And it is quite possible that you had a hi-fi system with suitable wooden speakers. Even large TVs had a wooden casing around them, although even these became plastic (or plastic wood effect) as we progressed through the decade. -
8. WE WOULD BE LIVING THE YOUTH MOVIE BOOM
The boys wanted to be Ferris Bueller and the girls Molly Ringwald, the inspiring muse of director John Hughes. Undoubtedly the '80s marked the birth of films for adolescents and left a mark on the history of cinema. -
10. THERE WAS NO INTERNET
I think you'll agree that life was actually a whole lot more fun without it. Rather than going on social media and worrying about how many followers you had, you would actually go out and meet up with some real friends. Everyone was much more sociable before the arrival of the internet. To buy anything you would need to actually go to the local shops and have a good old natter with the shopkeeper or the locals in the shop. -
9. THERE WERE MORE MAGAZINES TO READ
Sadly, the pleasure of hitting local newsstands and spending quite a bit of time flipping through a wide selection of magazines is gone. There are very few to choose from, and the ones that are available are very expensive and have very few pages compared to the 80s.
