Having traveled throughout the world as a child, I really didn't see the fifties as that idyllic, even in America. There was no question there was more of everything here but I really didn't see that people were all that happy. There was too much keeping up with the Joneses then. Racial discrimination was a fact of life. Women really were relegated to the kitchen. Television was a wonderful fantasy but rarely depicted life as lived by the vast majority.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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