Despite Your Love for Stranger Things, the '80s Actually Sucked, Here's Why
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Despite Your Love for Stranger Things, the ’80s Actually Sucked, Here’s Why

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8. If You Didn’t Live In A Big City, There Was Nothing To Do

The kids in Stranger Things had pretty glamorous lifestyles by 80s standards. Photo: News18

The kids in Stranger Things have no shortage of things to do after they got out of school. They had cool bikes that they rode around town, went to the video arcade, and fought an extra-dimensional monster that people in a top-secret government laboratory accidentally unleashed on the city.

But, if you lived in a small town during the 1980s, there was nothing to do after school. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Oh wait, you could ride your bike down to the junkyard with friends to see if there was any cool stuff to smash, but that’s about it. 

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