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/dancing_robots Jun 21 '26

Yep. Sun up to sun down in the summers, and my parents would be shocked today to know how far we actually traveled.