Name Something You Grew Up With That Is Gone & Not Coming Back

[The_War_Wagon]

That's almost American Graffiti epic.

Reminds me of crusin' Main Street in Salisbury, NC in the early '80's - same scene. 4 lanes (2 north, 2 south), & about 30 blocks or so to cruise - and head-in parking. Hootin' & hollerin' at the girls, pull over when you see some buddies - talk gearhead amongst ourselves - maybe a little drag racin', when the cops weren't lookin'.

Those were the days... things that AREN'T coming back from my youth: Mercury, Plymouth, & Pontiac.

[SilverBullet432]

Heinz colored ketchup. Yep. Definitely not making a comeback.... lol

[SteyrAUG]

Reminds me of crusin' Main Street in Salisbury, NC in the early '80's - same scene. 4 lanes (2 north, 2 south), & about 30 blocks or so to cruise - and head-in parking. Hootin' & hollerin' at the girls, pull over when you see some buddies - talk gearhead amongst ourselves - maybe a little drag racin', when the cops weren't lookin'.

Those were the days... things that AREN'T coming back from my youth: Mercury, Plymouth, & Pontiac.

Same thing here in my Iowa town. At least three generations "scooped the loop" uptown every weekend night and it's where you found 65% of your friends. My grandfather did it, my father did it and I did it in the 80s.

Then after a significant influx of illegals in the 90s related to a local meat packing house there was suddenly actual serious crime from drugs, assault and major theft. Some local kid finally got stabbed by some messicant and a local small town tradition ended.

In 2001 I was stunned to see the uptown area completely devoid of any kids socializing and it was 100% "recent arrivals" coming in and out of the bars. My cop buddies told me nobody lets their kid go uptown at night anymore because it's too dangerous.

Thankfully it's improved dramatically in the last 15 years but still no kids go uptown on the weekends anymore, that's all done and over with. Main street businesses that had been there since the 40s and 50s were killed off during "the change" and it now almost all bars and package stores still.

A few restaurants thankfully survived and we even got some new ones and things are getting better, but it will never be what it was. I always took for granted that on the weekends I'd be able to pop into the Maid Rite for a sandwich and a malt and chuckle at all the high school kids showing off cars and trying to talk to girls, but that is all done and gone now.

It's astonishing how much damage can be done in a single decade by foreign invaders.

[Diamondback]

Heinz colored ketchup. Yep. Definitely not making a comeback.... lol

Heinz products of ANY kind, at least from my table, and with the merger that sadly includes Kraft mac 'n' cheese. Not until the Gold Digging Bitch and her Gold Digging Bitch and their heirs no longer benefit from the inheritance.

[CWM11B]

Reminds me of crusin' Main Street in Salisbury, NC in the early '80's - same scene. 4 lanes (2 north, 2 south), & about 30 blocks or so to cruise - and head-in parking. Hootin' & hollerin' at the girls, pull over when you see some buddies - talk gearhead amongst ourselves - maybe a little drag racin', when the cops weren't lookin'.

Those were the days... things that AREN'T coming back from my youth: Mercury, Plymouth, & Pontiac.

Did any of your crew ever come up to Stratford Road in WS back then? Seems like we had folks come in from about a 50 mile radius. Massive cruise fest, did a bit from the mid seventies until the early 80s. City shut it down in the early 90s. Cant believe how long ago it was. Good times...

[The_War_Wagon]

Same thing here in my Iowa town. At least three generations "scooped the loop" uptown every weekend night and it's where you found 65% of your friends. My grandfather did it, my father did it and I did it in the 80s.

Then after a significant influx of illegals in the 90s related to a local meat packing house there was suddenly actual serious crime from drugs, assault and major theft. Some local kid finally got stabbed by some messicant and a local small town tradition ended.

Ditto on the generations - it started right after WWII.

And cruisin' Salisbury ended in '87, a few years after I graduated hi skrool for almost the same reason. The illegal foreign invaders hadn't taken over Rowan Co. yet (they have NOW), but some kid shotgunned another one to death one Friday night. By the next Saturday, cruisin' was outlawed - never to return.

[Adrenaline_6]

Ditto on the generations - it started right after WWII.

And cruisin' Salisbury ended in '87, a few years after I graduated hi skrool for almost the same reason. The illegal foreign invaders hadn't taken over Rowan Co. yet (they have NOW), but some kid shotgunned another one to death one Friday night. By the next Saturday, cruisin' was outlawed - never to return.

Cruisin' was popular in Waikiki in the mid 80's and late 80's also. I remember knowing when the cops would have a shift change and would allow the narrow time frame window for a street race. The suicide lane was a rush.