Youtube hearted comments of A A Q (@AuroraBoarder1).
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I was born in Oakland in 1960, just a stone's throw from the hippie enclaves of Berkeley and San Francisco (pun unintended). Though I was too young to participate, I saw what was going on, and was fascinated by it. Woodstock happened shortly before my 9th birthday, but I was stuck in an East Oakland ghetto, and didn't even know about it until 2 years later! That pains me to this day.
As an adult, I lived a small part of the hippie lifestyle. I sang and played guitar on the streets of San Francisco, Berkeley, and Venice Beach. I met a lot of interesting people, including street artists, other musicians, and particularly one father with 2 young daughters who lived in a painted bus and almost hired me to do beadwork for him.
The 60a happened because it was a time of great prosperity. I understand you could work a minimum wage job for 6 months, save your money, then live off your savings the other half of the year while hitchhiking all over the country. But when I could do it, it was the 80s, when things were expensive and dangerous.
We can bring back the hippie era - but we need prosperity to do so. When I retire, I'm going to do it to the FULLEST!!!
P.S. I'm leaving drugs out of it. They destroy character and health. I'm getting high on life instead!
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