Life in the 60’s

Life in The 60’s VS 2000 Life as people explain in the 60’s seemed to be less convenient but much cheaper in many different ways. There are so many changes that have occurred over the years. Life seemed to be similar in some ways but more laid back. Times have changed, now more people live life on the go. Life in the 60’s might have had their advantages, but life now is defiantly more convenient. The cost of living in the 60 was much cheaper, especially for people with children. Rent then wasn’t anything like it is now, today it’s more like paying a mortgage just to rent. People, who owned homes in the 60’s didn’t pay as much as we do today for a mortgage. The cost of living now makes it so hard to get by. In the 60’s the cost of a new house for example cost around twelve to thirteen thousand dollars and the price for a gallon of gas was only twenty five cents; people pay well over three dollars a gallon for gas today. As for homes the cost is much more expensive, and homes are still being built the same way. A new house today cost anywhere from a hundred and fifty thousand dollars and up. In which many people cannot afford. Although food prices in the 60’s may have been cheaper, many people grew their own fruits and vegetables. This also made it cheaper for people in the 60’s then food prices today, it is much more expensive. Mostly everything today is bought at local grocery stores which seem to be more convenient for many people. Not many people in this day and age grow their own fruits or vegetables; this seems to be an inconvenience for many. This was a big advantage people had in the 60’s because they didn’t have to pay for the things they grew. They also didn’t have chemicals being put in the vegetables to make them grow faster and larger. As for fast food today, the cost has increased dramatically. McDonalds is much more expensive then it was 50 years ago. It is also more popular now then it was in the 60’s, many people then only ate fast food on occasion and drank soda as a treat. This is not the case today. The food industry has made a big profit off of Americans. As for technology today we have a big advantage on the 60’s. People then didn’t have microwave ovens so it took longer for them to cook things. Some people today probably couldn’t live without them. There are people who actually use the microwave to cook all their meals instead of cooking things on the stove. Many people today also own personal computer in which it was unheard of in the 60’s. The only people then who actually had computers were big corporations and military personnel. This is an advantage we have today. People use their computers to work from home. They also can talk to people far away, send emails, and share pictures through their computer. We also use them to pay bills online in which everything was mailed before computers came along. Although some of these things we have today makes life easier. There is also some disadvantages people face. The computer may be an easy way of life for people to do things but there are also some dangers of having this technology. So as we all see, there are always advantages and disadvantages in life and even though things may seem easier this is not always the case. The cost of living was definitely more affordable in the 60’s but would people changes things to go back to those times? Probably not, life is much more convenient with the way people live life on the go today. Many people probably could not do without technology.

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