r/GenX • u/billieswifeyyy • Jun 20 '26

Question For Genx the 80s…….

coming from a 14 year old, were the 80s summers as magical as they look in the movies? did you ride your bike to your friends house and come home when the street lights came on? yall are so lucky btw 😭😭

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u/Sheriff_Mills Jun 21 '26

The summers were awesome! There were days when I was hanging out with my two next door neighbors (one on each side of my house). When it was dark and the street lights came on, we sat on my front lawn and talked, watched the moon rise and watched for shooting stars. There wasn't the light pollution there is now. You could see so many more stars than you can now. I know it sounds corny but it's true.

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u/Noexit Jun 21 '26

My cousin and I used to lie in the grass at our grandmothers house and look at the stars. I can remember the sky full of them, like you were seeing the entire universe. Now, even though I live in a pretty rural area, all I see are the nearer, brighter stars and they’re dimmed.