So when were things good then?

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Growing up there was the credit crunch, then austerity, then Covid and now cost of living.

Im only 33, when were things good then? A small patch in the 90’s?

I’ve heard about the joblessness of the 80’s, the 4 day week of the 70’s…

What is it suppose to be then?

There was a recession in the early 90s too.
The mid 90s until 2008 were pretty good from what I remember.
Im not old enough to remember but I think the 1960s were quite good economically.

Since COVID we’re had Trussonomics, Ukrainian and now Iran wars. We need a break.

Nobody ever thinks times are good when they are living through them.

97 to about 07 were good years - the Blair years. Costly in its own way hence austerity after, but the govt spent a lot of money subsidising people (tax credits) and fundinf good services. It was definitely better and went downhill disproportionately faster after the tories came in.

Yep, the Blair years were the last time it was good.

Yes the late 90's. I miss those days tbh.

Although Austerity was a result of the GLOBAL recession. And Gordon Brown gathered many plaudits for the way he handled it with other world leaders. Tories always conveniently forget it was global.

Perhaps it's personal to the individual.

My best years were the 1990s & 2000s. I was 25 in 1990, earning three time national average, owned my own house, had an international job so had no weekly expenses like food, commuting and utilities, nice company car, was travelling the world during the week and dating someone lovely (so I thought). It all came tumbling down in the mid-2000s but at the time I had an absolute ball. 😁

Then I had ds in 2008 so mostly ignored the global crash.

Things only got a bit tighter from 2010 onwards - cost of childcare, having to take a uk job so less money etc.

Absolutely late 90s. My kids are now the same age I was then and it’s so very, very different for them.

It depends on what you class as good. The 70s were tough but wages grew considerably for example.

The 90s recession had high unemployment but houses vs salaries were cheaper.

Wages haven’t recovered from the 08 crash nor has productivity.

Even the 08 crash was good for some homeowners as mortgage rates were low & some built a ton of equity.

The late 90s were exciting and there was lots of hope. I feel sorry for people born then or later who have gone into adulthood with little hope

Yep, this ^

i can never tell if it’s because of the age I was then, but the music, the politics, the fun…..

Even the 70s and 80s didn't feel as relentlessly miserable as it does now. We were under constant threat of being nuked by the USSR, but just got on with it. Unemployment was high, so I just trained for a job that would always be needed. Less control and bureaucracy. Things were less complicated. Fewer rules and regulations. Things changed gradually, not at the speed they're doing now (every week seems to bring a new disaster of some sort). You know things are just going to get worse and worse now. There's no light at the end of the tunnel it seems. It's turned to shit since 2008.

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Summer of 1996 to the recession in 2008

Mid 90s through to the credit crunch. There was a sense of Hope and optimism that’s missing now. Nothing has been right since Covid in particular.

2017, when my daughter was born wasn’t too bad. Things seemed normal then. They started going bad and weird when Covid hit.

1990 to very early 2000 was the best time. I think it was marginally ok until post covid and then it just went to utter shite.

I was walking past the now demolished market in my home town, in around 2000 it was thriving, three fruit and veg stalls and various others, two nightclubs, various pubs now many are shut.

Late 90s and early 2000s. Even at the time it felt markedly good.

Things were good for my children from 1997-2010.

They're starting to get better. It'll all go back to austerity post 2029.

They're starting to get better. It'll all go back to austerity post 2029

What will change?

The 80's were good for me, bought our first house with a fairly low mortgage (compared to others we knew) we both had well paying jobs , life felt simpler & easy.

The Blair years were amazing. Optimism and fruitful living. I actually can’t believe how his legacy has been so shat upon tbh. He was a great prime minister

Or reading all these answers…could it possible be… before new tech… crazy that it’s destroying society eh

Another right wing government will get in

The good years were in my teens. They’re never coming back.
So glad that I made the most of them, enjoyed every minute.

Then if it was just for a short period of time we need to get rid of these labels and accept that how it is, is the normal not 15 years out of the last 50 when it was good.