Recently, we asked the Gen Z members of our BuzzFeed Community what things they appreciate or love about older generations. They had so many great responses that even MORE commenters shared what they miss or enjoy most about past generations. Here are some of those responses (from Boomers, Gen-X, Millennials, and Gen-Z): 1.
"Being able to go outside and play for ages with other kids sounds amazing. Gen Z is/was under 24-hour surveillance by our parents, and it just sounds nice to be a kid and have fun." — originalghost167 "I'm a Boomer and loved growing up in the '60s.
I walked everywhere and was either home at 5 p.m. for dinner or home by the time the street lights came on! It was freeing and no one bothered you!" — wickedshield128 2.
"Waiting in line for concert tickets. Some of my best teenage memories are from these times. Ticketmaster was evil back then, too, but the robo-buying/system crashing wasn't a thing.
You woke up early or stayed up all night to make sure you were in line with your friends." —Anonymous, 47, Colorado 3. "Cheap concert tickets! The price of a front-row ticket back then is like a lawn seat now.
And don’t get me started on the prices of merch." — Mcnamarama 4. "The old ways of answering math equations that are easier than the new box methods they're using now.
" — redelf49 5. "I wish people danced more. In the olden days, people danced a lot more, I feel like.
I love to dance and I think now people are too scared to dance because they are .
