re: Best decade to grow up in ?

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This.

The 80s was the worst decade for American cars of all time. Several American legendary lines of cars were destroyed in the name of "economical" to compete with the Japanese.

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We had a ‘78 or ‘79 Monte Carlo - the only new car my parents ever bought. I remember two or three times being stuck on the side of the road on hot summer days. What a piece of trash that car was.

They lost a lot of customers to foreign brands because of the late ‘70s and ‘80s American cars they produced. Still paying the price for it even though American cars are reliable now.