In Minden NE they have a museum that seems like maybe it’s just a bunch of junk I’ve paid to see. Then I came across sealed off living rooms across the decades and this one creeped me out because I felt for sure I’d been in it before.
My parents and grandparents had spaces a lot like this.
That’s an upper middle class 80s living room then. All of those electronics and furniture are from the 1980s. An actual living room in the 1980s from most middle class and lower had random pieces from the 70s and before mixed in.
Was going to say this is 80s-99 as pieces slowly get replaced. No way people started with this all fresh
not sure I would call it upper middle class.
How many 1980s non-upper middle class families do you know that can buy an entire living room furniture set, giant 26" or 29" color console TV, and Hi-fi stereo at the same time? Thats what this picture would represent.
No body bought them all at the same time. Likely start with couch, coffee table and tv for the typical house. Likely had it before the kids came.
Right, except all of the pieces in the photo represent the design choices within a few years of each other at most. The stuff in the early 80s looked more like the 70s and the stuff in the late 80s looks more like the early 90s. The stuff we’re seeing here represents a period of maybe 3 years apart. Is your idea that a non-upper middle class family could buy all of this within 2 or 3 years replacing their entire living room?
Parents in the 1970s and 1980s were having kids in their early and mid 20. Its extremely unlikely a non-upper middle class family be able to buy all this stuff in their early 20s.
yeah I don’t know where you grew up but I think you really think stuff looked way different over too small a period of time. Totally looks like many middle class friends growing up as did my house. not the same furniture but it would totally look like someones house. As far as I know no one bought all the stuff at the same time but I suppose its possible. I mean if you feel janitors are upper middle class then fine.
True enough. My memories are from the late 80s.