Peak Nostalgia
May 29, 2024 11:41 AM Subscribe
America’s best decade, according to data. Americans feel nostalgia not for a specific era, but for a specific age. The good old days when America was “great” aren’t the 1950s. They’re whatever decade you were 11, your parents knew the correct answer to any question, and you’d never heard of war crimes tribunals, microplastics or improvised explosive devices. Or when you were 15 and athletes and musicians still played hard and hadn’t sold out.
The link is a Washington Post gift link which should be good for 14 days.
The link is a Washington Post gift link which should be good for 14 days.
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posted by subdee at 11:47 AM on May 29