1960s+vs.+Today

Cars from America where not as good as from other countries. ||=  ||  The price for a gallon of regular gas today is about $2.89. American cars now are safer and more reliable. || to see if this works ||=  ||=   ||
 * Life in the 1960s || vs. || Life Today ||
 * People in the 60's would take more road trips than flight travel and wouldn't get places as quickly. ||  || People now get places faster and more people travel through flight instead of road travel. ||
 * Cars were really big back then and used a lot of gas. ||  || Cars today are more fuel efficient and we even have hybrid cars. ||
 * = Computers were the size of a whole room and you had to use computer cards ||=  ||= Now we have PCs, Laptops, iPads, Facebook, and twitter ||
 * = Used to use slide rules ||=  ||= Now we use Calculators ||
 * = not a lot of people had cell phones ||=  ||= allmost everyone has one now ||
 * = McDonald's hamburgers were a quarter ||=  ||= Now hamburgers are anywhere from a dollar to 3 dollars ||
 * The price for a gallon of regular gas in the 60's was $0.31.
 * =There were no electronic toys.= ||  || =Now, most toys are electronics. ||
 * = People in the 1960's had record players ||=  ||= People today now have cd's and itunes ||
 * = **A gallon of gas was 25 cents.** ||=  ||= **Today a gallon of gas is about a $2.80** ||
 * = Drive in movies ||=  ||= Movie Theater ||
 * = In the 60's, people could go into stores and put things on a charge account, then leave with the item and not have to pay for it. ||=  ||= Today, most people use credit cards if they want to pay for something later. ||
 * = Wore long dresses and pumps. ||=  ||= Jeans and workout shoes or converse. ||
 * Music was either folk music and early rock and roll ||=  || Today is Pop, Rap or "RB & B" ||
 * = back in the 60's there was a giant hippie movement and they had afro's and really long hair ||=  ||= now peace is still big but we don't have afro's ||
 * = There was only one stoplight in some of the smaller towns ||=  ||= Almost every street has a stoplight ||
 * ﻿ There were no airbags in cars ||   || ﻿Airbags are in every car in the front seat and sometimes the wall  ||
 * = back in the 60's there was no color tv's ||=  ||= now we have color tv's and even 3d tv's ||
 * = Cars in the 60s were approximately 3,000 to 3,500 ||=  ||= Cars now a days are about 20.000 to 30.000 ||
 * = More religious politians ||=  ||= no religious politians whatsoever ||
 * = There were no computers, so computers weren't invented so students couldn't type. ||=  ||= Almost everybody has a computer now. ||
 * = Not all cars had seatbelts ||=  ||= Every car needs a seatbelt as a safety issue ||
 * = Cars cost only $1,000 to $2,000 ||=  ||= Cars are over $14,000 these days ||
 * = They had vinyl tapes ||=  ||= We all have cd's ||
 * = ====**There were no cell phones, or cds and vhs tapes**==== ||=  ||= ====**Now lots of people have cell phones, and there are DVDs**==== ||
 * = their were small skools,larger families ..and MUCH less technology,TV dinners and records were big also..GAS WAS ONLY 25 cence ||=  ||= their is much much more electronics and much larger skools...and gas is 2 to 3 $ a gollon ||
 * = They wore go go boots and long go go dresses ||=  ||=   ||
 * = Back then kids would be out of the house like all day. There parents didnt mind. ||=  ||= Now parents are scared their kids are gonna get hurt. ||
 * = there was no cable the picture was black and white ||=  ||= we have high def tv and cable and on demand ||
 * You could get penny candy. ||  || Now a candy bar is a dollar. ||
 * = In the 60's, they listened to records. ||=  ||= Now we listen to Ipod's and MP3 players. ||
 * = Carsseats and seatbelts weren't mandatory to wear or sit in. ||=  ||= Now you may get a ticket if a police officer sees you without one or your child not sitting in a carseat. ||
 * = the dollar was worth alot more ||=  ||= the dollar has little value ||
 * = you parents were not as conscience about where you were because there wasnt as much violence ||=  ||= now adays paretns like to know twhere there children are because they are afraid they missing or in trouble. ||
 * = cars were made with just the things they needed ||=  ||= cars have special things like a gps or dvd player. ||
 * = some cars still had the steering wheel on the left ||=  ||= all cars have the steering wheel on the right now ||
 * = tv was in black and white and didnt have alot of channels. ||=  ||= tv is in color and have hundreds of channels to choose from. ||
 * = People didn't know what side effects drugs had ||=  ||= Now many people know what will happen if they use drugs ||
 * = The penny had some more worth to it. ||=  ||= Now it seems useless today because of all the high prices in todays society. ||
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 * = tv was in black and white and didnt have alot of channels. ||=  ||= tv is in color and have hundreds of channels to choose from. ||
 * = People didn't know what side effects drugs had ||=  ||= Now many people know what will happen if they use drugs ||
 * = The penny had some more worth to it. ||=  ||= Now it seems useless today because of all the high prices in todays society. ||
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