I'm a strong proponent of 1936, especially if you have the power of foreknowledge:
too young to really remember the dustbowl
childhood in segregated schools
too young to fight in WW2 (obviously)
too young to fight in Korea
can enjoy a full 18+ year long career in any pro sport you want, if that's what you like, with much less "competition"
can go into TV or film when it's a much freer industry and you can make whatever you want
can get into gaming super early on, be an arcade or pinball pioneer or get hands-on with the earlier console gens and innovate where the giants failed
can get any other job you might want, first try, and you don't even need to apply yourself, plus you get some great pay
teenager in the 1950s
23/24 at the start of the 1960s
too old to fight in Vietnam
can go to basically any gig of any well-loved act up to 1990 and see them in their early prime
food cheap for most of your life, and good in ways that don't exist anymore (such as tallow-cooked fries)
cars cheap for most of your life, and you can drive some of today's most desirable classics for pennies on the dollar when they're brand new
can fly on concorde for most of your life
regular flights are still 100x better than they are today
minimal if any faggotry
72 years old by the time the economy crashes in 2008, so almost certainly retired before it can do any damage to your savings
My father was born in 1957. He is a Boomer who got to grow up in the 60's and 70's, couldn't be drafted into Vietnam because it was basically over by then, and graduated college right into the 80's, the last great decade. By the time he was my age he was a senior VP at his firm he helped found, and had a wife and soon a kid (me) on the way. He bought a house in the mid 90's with a lot of land and got to stay in his high paying job for 40 years and now spends his time playing golf and going on European vacations.
Meanwhile his son (me) got to be born in the mid 90's, and got a glimpse of what America used to be, only for that door to close on him due to a combination of factors.
I will likely never have a life that is even a quarter as good as his was.
But where? If it was Argentina or Germany it would suck during that same time. Unless you lived in specific areas of the UK it sort of sucked. Heck, even by state it could be bad. Hawaii is over saturated tourism now, but poverty was common in the 70's and 80's. 90's Washington was super lefty and people who don't know that hard work isnt getting a reward.
We’re talking about The United States specifically.
If you have pre knowledge there's really no bad year to be born. It's the location that matters.
I would pick Bethlehem in 0AD for obvious reasons. Edit Born 20 or so years beforehand in a place where they didn't circumcise me.
You gonna bring perfume to a baby, wise man?
Not my year for sure. Though I’d like to imagine I’ll help make it better for someone to be born in the future.
Definitely 50's as an American
But if we're talking based then probably Spanish during the golden age (jews and mudslimes BTFO'd)
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