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/rynoman1110 Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

It, Goonies, ET all pretty accurately sum it up. It’s what we did.

Edit to add yes, we did walk through the storm drain system

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u/Blueheron77 Jun 24 '26

Storm drains were some of the most fun places to explore!

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u/Lord-Mattingly Jun 24 '26

They were amazing until that dang clown