That so brings back memories...what a nice group of kids I grew up with. I got a scholarship thanks to our nuns and went to school out east, lived with my sister and her husband out there.
We were all brought up in large,strong families, divorce was rare, money scarce. But community college was affordable from your wages (with a second job) or little scholar ship. We went to church on Sundays. We made do with stuff, weren't wasteful.
We were post WWII and didnt ever want any more wars, Peace corp joiners,geared toward keeping America great.
We took care of our parents.
Those were good days.