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Post by astropoug on Aug 10, 2021 19:06:57 GMT 10
NOTE: just my opinion, and feel free to give your thoughts below
1950s - New Jersey (quintessentially American, suburbs, Frank Sinatra, has the most diners per capita, and they STILL do self-service like was popular back in the 50s, almost nowhere else does that)
1960s - California (surfing and hippies, enough said)
1970s - Northeast (very urban vibe in general, and the Northeast IS the most urban region of the US, disco, Rocky, The Godfather, Ralph Bakshi’s movies, All In the Family, a band literally called BOSTON was one of the biggest bands to come out of this decade)
1980s - California (1984 Olympics, Ronald Reagan, Sunset Strip hair metal, blockbuster movies, Spielberg’s movies)
1990s - West Coast (Grunge, Gangsta Rap, Frasier, and Microsoft, Matt Groening was from Oregon)
2000s - Southern US (Outkast, tropical/beach aesthetics were popular, crunk and snap were huge, homophobia was rampant)
2010s - West Coast (social media companies, liberalism, and hipsters)
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Post by astropoug on Aug 11, 2021 4:03:27 GMT 10
I guess to narrow down the 70s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s
70s - Pennsylvania
90s - Washington
2000s - Florida
2010s - Oregon
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Post by mc98 on Aug 11, 2021 4:27:19 GMT 10
Honorable mentions:
1960s - East Coast(Reasons are longer beatlesque hair on boys and mod fashions are more common there)
1980s - New York (Hip Hop got its origins in there) and Miami.
2000s - California(Laguna Beach, nuff said)
2010s - New York(A lot of hipsters and is a very Instagramable place)
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Post by pumpkin14 on Aug 11, 2021 5:11:58 GMT 10
1960s - California
1970s - NYC (lots of iconic NYC movies are from the 70s, NY was known for high crime during this period, NYC almost went bankrupt which symbolizes the horrible economy of the 70s, the crack/cocaine epidemic began, 1977 NYC blackout)
1980s - Miami (Scarface, Miami Vice, GTA Vice City, etc)
1990s - Suburban Pacific Northwest (goes with laid back vibe of the 90s)
2000s - Hollywood (materialism and “bling”, celebrity culture being very popular, everything is very flashy in general)
2010s - Brooklyn or SoCal (two hotspots for hipsters and social media influencers respectively)
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Post by al on Aug 11, 2021 6:55:52 GMT 10
Some of mine are random:
Early 60's: Las Vegas
Late 60's: SF
Early 80's: Chicago suburbs
Late 80's: Orlando
Early 90's: SF again
Early 00's: Malibu
Mid 00's: Vegas again
Early 10's: Boston
Mid 10's: Nashville
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Post by y2kbaby on Aug 11, 2021 14:46:38 GMT 10
1930s - Central "Heartland" America (Dust Bowl, Wizards of Oz)
1950s - Ohio or any suburban areas in America.
Mid-Late 1960s - San Francisco
1970s - NYC, Pennsylvania and to some extent Texas.
1980s - Miami, Rush Belt States like Indiana, Illinois.
1990s - "South Central LA" ( Boyz In The Hood, Menace to Society, Friday), Seattle is the runner up.
Y2K - Orlando
2000s - Southern California (The OC, LB, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, Real Housewives franchise originated in orange county).
2010s - Colorado, Oregon, Washington.
2020s? Atlanta.
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Post by astropoug on Aug 11, 2021 18:38:45 GMT 10
1930s - Central "Heartland" America (Dust Bowl, Wizards of Oz) 1950s - Ohio or any suburban areas in America. Mid-Late 1960s - San Francisco 1970s - NYC, Pennsylvania and to some extent Texas. 1980s - Miami, Rush Belt States like Indiana, Illinois. 1990s - "South Central LA" ( Boyz In The Hood, Menace to Society, Friday), Seattle is the runner up. Y2K - Orlando 2000s - Southern California (The OC, LB, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, Real Housewives franchise originated in orange county). 2010s - Colorado, Oregon, Washington. 2020s? Atlanta. How does Texas define the 70s? If anything, it would define the 80s better, as Dallas was a very popular show in that decade. But overall, California and Florida are the two states that define the 80s for me.
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Post by astropoug on Aug 11, 2021 18:40:57 GMT 10
iCarly is from the late 00s and took place in Washington.
Perhaps an early indication for how big a role the Pacific Northwest would play in 2010s culture.
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Post by astropoug on Aug 11, 2021 18:43:38 GMT 10
Here’s another aspect of Jersey that’s 50s as hell - the first drive-in theater in the US was from New Jersey
So yeah, there simply isn’t a more 50s state out there than New Jersey
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Post by astropoug on Aug 11, 2021 18:45:51 GMT 10
Honorable mentions: 1960s - East Coast(Reasons are longer beatlesque hair on boys and mod fashions are more common there) 1980s - New York (Hip Hop got its origins in there) and Miami. 2000s - California(Laguna Beach, nuff said) 2010s - New York(A lot of hipsters and is a very Instagramable place) I get the impression Massachusetts in particular would’ve taken influence from mod culture, since that state is the most British-influenced state in the US. Even the county names like Essex, Sussex, Middlesex. LMAO
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2021 1:07:07 GMT 10
So far for the 2020s, the Deep South or Florida. Anywhere in the rural Bible Belt really.
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Post by TheUser98 on Sept 20, 2021 9:47:32 GMT 10
1920s - Illinois (Chicago being the epicenter of organised crime during Prohibition)
1930s - Oklahoma
1940s - Great Lakes (of course, I would have picked somewhere overseas such as Japan, Russia, or Germany, but if we’re talking about what US region epitomised the spirit of the American Homefront most, I’d point to the Great Lakes/Upper Midwest, the most heavily industrialised region of the country)
1950s - Deep South
1960s - California
1970s - Pennsylvania (Philadelphia in particular, being that it was center of the USA’s bicentennial in 1976, the setting of the popular 70s movie “Rocky”, and the birthplace of disco)
1980s - Miami
1990s - Pacific Northwest
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2021 14:22:55 GMT 10
2020s: Texas. And that isn't a good thing.
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Post by Cassie on Sept 20, 2021 14:38:36 GMT 10
2020s: Texas. And that isn't a good thing. Either Texas, Florida, or Mississippi will be the bigoted conservative hellhole of the 2020s, probably just all three
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Post by astropoug on Sept 29, 2021 5:50:51 GMT 10
So far, Minnesota, or should I say Minneapolis, has had more attention than anywhere else in the 2020s, due to the George Floyd protests. But it’s not exactly the good kind of attention.
IMO, there’s a difference between places that did well in a certain time, and places that merely got lots of attention, and whilst nowhere has truly done well during these trying times, we can look at COVID cases per capital for info. States like Hawaii, Northern New England states like Vermont and Maine, and Pacific Northwest states like Washington and Oregon did the best during the pandemic in regards to not spreading COVID as much as say, Florida or Tennessee. I think those states will emerge from this decade the strongest. Vermont in particular has low population density and is quite rural, very environmentally friendly, and has the least COVID cases per capita. I think of all the states, Vermont has had the most success of any state during the 2020s, and their close proximity to cities like Boston and Montreal means many people who don’t want to deal with city life anymore may consider moving there.
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