There were way more places to hangout in the 1990s. Gentrification wasn't full tilt so rents were subdued. Record stores, book stores, video stores, arcades,

There were way more places to hangout in the 1990s. Gentrification wasn't full tilt so rents were subdued. Record stores, book stores, video stores, arcades, coffeeshops where socializing not work was the norm. Movie theater going was different -- no phones. Teenagers weren't chased out of the malls.