Ladies and gentleman, which would you choose and why...?

Question

To live in the 50s, with everything that entailed.

Or to live now. Which would you choose, and why? :-)

Answer 1

There is NOTHING that would ever make me want to live in the 50's. At all.

Answer 2

A year ago that would have been a tough one. So many arguements.

Then I had my son. Emergency c-section, complications, intensive care.

Now I have a beautiful baby.

In the 50s He and I would be dead.

Not a tough choice today.

Answer 3

Tough question.  Life would certainly have been more difficult in the 50s, but I might have more of a chance to make a difference for women.  That might make it worth it.

Of course, there is so much more available these days--information, the internet, inexpensive air travel, books from all over the world, exotic foods.  I appreciate all of those things.

In the 50s, though, I would have had a chance to meet my cooking guru, James Beard.  Unfortunately, he died in the 80s.  A huge loss to the culinary world.

Answer 4

Everything what entailed ?.... The 50's ?..... That's silly.. 'S more like EVERYTHING we must entail TODAY !.... It would be great to live in the 50's when living wasn't complex ; now it's all about regulations & conflicts.. It must have been Heaven compared to now when every move you make you have to worry if it is legal, who it may offend, how much it will cost you, is it moral, etc..... What a pile of c**p.. When a man can't [for their fun] have a few kids ride in the back of a pickup truck for 10, 15 miles with him for fear of laws he's allegedly breaking, something is fundamentally wrong !  Sorry, we don't need these p.c.'s.. I'll choose the 50's..  

Answer 5

Now.  I studied the 50's and they weren't really anything like they were portrayed in a lot of ways.  Sure they were on the surface, but it wasn't a great time for everyone.  Racial minorities in particular had it rough, but most white people weren't as happy and doing as well as they are portrayed either.

Answer 6

I would live in the 50's because lives were so much more simple then. ALSO, I love the clothes:)

Answer 7

Now because I couldn't live without cable tv.

Answer 8

In the 50s I'd have had to waste 40 mins in the mornings just to get ready to get out of the house to get into work.

Wait, it'd probably take longer than that just to shave, considering what razors they used.

I choose now, because I only need a laptop and an internet feed to earn my bread, which means I can live wherever I choose and do whatever I want.

Answer 9

I like to live on both u told.

Answer 10

Live today. We have many advantages with technoclogy, travelling etc and I know from my family history how difficult it was for a widow in those days (not that I am one, but life was hard for women on their own back then).

Also if you like a particular era and everything that goes with it there's nothing stopping you from living to a certain degree like that. I personally love the 1960's and victorian eras so my house, fashion, music etc is a complete mish-mash of the two.  

Answer 11

Rather live in the 50's...things were less complicated.  Everyone helped one another out, people ate healthier, and they actually had some moral standards...

(personally I'd rather grow up in the mid 60's through the 70's...I'm what you would call a modern day hippy chick)  :P

Answer 12

That's really a hard question.  I was born in 1962, so I don't have a recollection of the 50's.  But I believe that it would be better to be a kid in the 50's. Playing in the neighborhood, riding bikes around town, a much more simpler, safer life.  However,  I think being an adult nowadays is better.  Less gender specific roles, more opportunities for both sexes to do what they want, not what is "expected" of them.  

Good question!

Answer 13

It depends on if we get to keep our current level of knowledge.

If we get to keep our current knowledge then the 1950's would create a series of events that would end in the accumulation of many resources because you would know what the markets are (generally) going to do, this would lead to you being more effective at creating change now but you would be banging your head against walls that have already fallen and that would be beyond frustrating.

If we don't get to keep our current level of knowledge then it is irrelevant as we wouldn't know any differently (like asking if we want to live today or 50 years in the future).

We are a product of our environments and our ideologies would reflect the time that we lived, the most prominent feminist would just be another housewife if they were sent back to the 1950's without their particular upbringing and experiences and their ideologies would stop the very events that they pursued if we changed what happened in their lives.

Answer 14

Definitely today, no doubt about it! I can't live without the internet! I also have mental health issues, which are easily controlled with modern medicine. Back then I would've been locked away in an institution and given shock treatment. That scares the h**l out of me.

Answer 15

why do we have to choose...i have already lived in both...glad i was a kid in the 50's and not today...

Answer 16

Now. I like the music better, and I'm not interested in participating in Segregation or blatant discrimination. I'd probably be ostracized in the 50's...

Answer 17

Why do people idealize the 50's?

What was going on in the 50's that everyone loves so much? The further away from the 60's the better..

Thank god for modern medicine and technology.

Answer 18

Definitely now. I've lived in the past and it wasn't all it's cracked up to be! Things are MUCH better now for all sorts of people, despite what many claim.

Cheers :-)

Answer 19

can you explain what you mean by with everything it entailed ? Will the soviet block be put toegether and the internet down ?

They had awesome looking american cars in the 50s.

Answer 20

Today! Absolutely and unequivocally. Without the advances in modern medicine I would be stuck in a wheelchair.  I wouldn't have my daughter because she and I would probably both have died. I doubt I would be running my own business (certainly not as a disabled person). There's no contest - I would take today over the 50's any day of the week.

Answer 21

The 50s. Things were so much simpler. I would not be looked down upon for choosing to actually raise my own children. I would not have the stress of worrying about money, because that would be my husband's problem...

Answer 22

As a white male, I'd rather be living back then; but as anyone else, now.

Answer 23

It doesn't matter when I lived, I'd still be the same person. The 1950's probably weren't as bad as everyone likes to pretend, and probably not as good either. Life is what you make of it, the era you were born is of little importance.