I've just stumbled on this video on YouTube... Pretty neat!

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It looks so retro!  :o I'm honestly surprised. 2000 used to sound so futuristic but now look how old it looks... I can confidently say it looks very similar in datedness to how the 1980s looked in the 2000s when it was 20 years ago.

Wow, those cars are ancient!  :o

Most everyone had those TV cabinets with the compartments back then because they fit the TVs well.  When all the HDTVs came out, the cabinets no longer fit the TVs.  It was sometimes painful to have to jettison all those cabinets, some of them being nice furniture  :(

Most everyone had those TV cabinets with the compartments back then because they fit the TVs well.  When all the HDTVs came out, the cabinets no longer fit the TVs.  It was sometimes painful to have to jettison all those cabinets, some of them being nice furniture  :(

I relate to this so much. My family had a gray flat CRT TV from the mid to late 2000s which perfectly fit our cabinet space. But when HDTVs became more cheap and available around 2010, my dad dismantled the cabinet space and made a wider area for the LCD HDTV (which was eventually broken because the audio kept sputtering at times). I definitely felt the new era just like that.

Most everyone had those TV cabinets with the compartments back then because they fit the TVs well.  When all the HDTVs came out, the cabinets no longer fit the TVs.  It was sometimes painful to have to jettison all those cabinets, some of them being nice furniture  :(


Those did look really nice. My house has a cabinet for the HDTV too, it takes up the entire wall (which is pretty big). It doesn't have the same personality though.

I can believe it. This is why I've said multiple times no way 2000 (along with 1999) can be the start of the 00's culturally. I'm okay with Y2K culture (or late 90's to early 00's transition). Even from my memories, I always thought 2000 was just an extension of 1999, but I started noticing the huge differences pop culturally by 2001, and this applied within my own family too.

Yeah 2000 looks pretty old now, especially the cars.

I can believe it. This is why I've said multiple times no way 2000 (along with 1999) can be the start of the 00's culturally. I'm okay with Y2K culture (or late 90's to early 00's transition). Even from my memories, I always thought 2000 was just an extension of 1999, but I started noticing the huge differences pop culturally by 2001, and this applied within my own family too.

That's wrong though. The 2000s started in 1999. The 2000s are old now, they are 20 years old.

Yup I remember everything being that ugly.

Life was more simple back then.

Yup I remember everything being that ugly.


2000s fashion was atrocious! x_x

Lol, all the old cars make it look like the 1980s :o.  This is definitely a different era to the part of the 2000s I grew up in.

The culture at the time was touting "FUTURE!" in commercials, magazine ads, billboards, and fashion, yet on the contrary, early 2000 felt like an extension of 1999 with CRT TVs and newspapers still being a popular form of media.

Lol, all the old cars make it look like the 1980s :o.  This is definitely a different era to the part of the 2000s I grew up in.

Some of those cars probably are from the 80s, but it was definitely common to see 80s cars on the roads in the early 2000s. Not so much now.

It’s almost like I’m in 2000 again. The grainy VHS aesthetic just adds more to it. Maybe it’s just faulty memories, but this is kind of how I remember the early 2000s. Times before the internet were just so meek, damn how I miss it.

It’s almost like I’m in 2000 again. The grainy VHS aesthetic just adds more to it. Maybe it’s just faulty memories, but this is kind of how I remember the early 2000s. Times before the internet were just so meek, damn how I miss it.

And keep in mind this wasn't even before the internet. And this is even more dated than something from 2002 for example. But even then, it was still a far more simpler time than today.

In 2000, a mere 25% of British households had access to the internet at home. I know the US and Canada reached 50% a lot quicker than we did, but for the UK it wasn’t until 2005. Even in 2006, only 56% had internet at home. About 95-96% do now for comparison.

Europe in general was much slower to adopt the internet than North America.

And keep in mind this wasn't even before the internet. And this is even more dated than something from 2002 for example. But even then, it was still a far more simpler time than today.


True. 2000 was also pre 9/11, so there is that ‘ancient’ aspect to it as well. In all honesty, 2000 already felt like a ‘lifetime’ ago to me back in 2015. Then again, it was around the time I started becoming nostalgic of my childhood, early childhood in particular.

But even so, just the mere fact that it was pre 9/11, Clinton was still President, VHS was practically the only video format (DVD was in its infancy), Windows XP didn’t exist (Windows 98/ME were big), Saturday morning cartoon blocks like Kids WB and One Saturday Morning were huge, etc. etc., just made it more considerably dated compared to the Late 2001-Mid 2004 period. 2000 was just a completely different world, heck it was technically still the 20th century.

2000 to 2015 felt like a 20 year gap, despite it only being 15 years. 2005 to 2020, on the other hand, does feel about right, as being actually 15 years.

True. 2000 was also pre 9/11, so there is that ‘ancient’ aspect to it as well. In all honesty, 2000 already felt like a ‘lifetime’ ago to me back in 2015. Then again, it was around the time I started becoming nostalgic of my childhood, early childhood in particular.

Heck, for me, 2000 already felt like a lifetime ago by 2008-2009, lol. By then I was missing the early 2000s and didn't fully like the changes of the late 2000s (not all the changes were bad though).

In 2000, a mere 25% of British households had access to the internet at home. I know the US and Canada reached 50% a lot quicker than we did, but for the UK it wasn’t until 2005. Even in 2006, only 56% had internet at home. About 95-96% do now for comparison.

Europe in general was much slower to adopt the internet than North America.


While adoption rates were already close to 50% by then, the internet infrastructure was still rather primitive. The internet wasn’t this necessity in society like it would become later in the decade. None of the popular social media sites we associate with the decade had launched, heck it was even a year before Wikipedia launched. That’s what I mean by ‘pre internet’, things were just very different back then. When there were family gatherings growing up, we would actually socialize with each other. Heck, the mere amount of family gatherings we had when I was a kid in itself was evident of our family being less jaded and more intact. Now, it’s hard enough just to get enough of us once a year.

Heck, for me, 2000 already felt like a lifetime ago by 2008-2009, lol. By then I was missing the early 2000s and didn't fully like the changes of the late 2000s (not all the changes were bad though).


I get what you’re saying. I guess a good analogy is how many inThe00’s members back in 2005-2006 were becoming nostalgic of their childhoods in the ‘Neon’ Late 80s/Early 90s era. I think there were a lot of so called ‘Xennials’ on the forums back then, so it would make sense that they were pretty nostalgic of their childhoods back then. 2005 was only 15 years after 1990, and that’s another 15 year interval that seems rather jarring (similar to 2000 to 2015). I could imagine someone in 2005 already thinking of 1990 as being ‘retro’ or ‘old school’.

I get what you’re saying. I guess a good analogy is how many inThe00’s members back in 2005-2006 were becoming nostalgic of their childhoods in the ‘Neon’ Late 80s/Early 90s era. I think there were a lot of so called ‘Xennials’ on the forums back then, so it would make sense that they were pretty nostalgic of their childhoods back then. 2005 was only 15 years after 1990, and that’s another 15 year interval that seems rather jarring (similar to 2000 to 2015). I could imagine someone in 2005 already thinking of 1990 as being ‘retro’ or ‘old school’.

Yeah definitely. I wasn't even around for the Neon Era (1988-1993), but looking at footage and commercials from that time, I can see how it was easily retro/dated by 1998.

2000 to 2015 felt like a 20 year gap, despite it only being 15 years.


Could just be your age influencing your perception of it; you did only turn 4 in the year 2000. Someone who was already a teenager or an adult during the year 2000 may feel differently.

Heck, for me, 2000 already felt like a lifetime ago by 2008-2009, lol. By then I was missing the early 2000s and didn't fully like the changes of the late 2000s (not all the changes were bad though).
Yeah same, anything pre 2002 felt pretty old to me as early as 2005.

Could just be your age influencing your perception of it; you did only turn 4 in the year 2000. Someone who was already a teenager or an adult during the year 2000 may feel differently.


That may be true, particularly with my personal life. However, when you compared the world to 2000 to 2015 at self value, the differences are pretty striking. 2000 in all honesty doesn't even come off as a '2000s' year culturally. It's squarely within the Y2K era, with elements of the 90s still prevalent. Post Berlin Wall, but Pre 9/11, just like much of the cultural 1990s. Whereas by 2015, 9/11 was already farther apart in time to us than the fall of the Berlin Wall was to us in 2000. Much of the second half of the 1980s/cold war era were closer in time to 2000 than 2000 was to 2015 at the time. And now? Forget about it. Now even the year 2004, the peak of my childhood no less, was closer in time to the Fall of the Berlin Wall, than it was to today :o.

Heck, for me, 2000 already felt like a lifetime ago by 2008-2009, lol. By then I was missing the early 2000s and didn't fully like the changes of the late 2000s (not all the changes were bad though).

I didn't think 1997-1999 were that long ago, even as late as 2010. That's probably because I didn't think anything I personally remember could be considered "old" in the retro/vintage sense :P

Could just be your age influencing your perception of it; you did only turn 4 in the year 2000. Someone who was already a teenager or an adult during the year 2000 may feel differently.


I was 26 years old in 2000.

2000 defently feels like a lifetime ago for me. I was only 4 as well and was still wearing pullups and didn't even start school yet (I was in daycare from 1999-mid 2001) so I didn't have the preschool experience of most kids my age due to my Autism.  I remember by oldest sister moving in to my old nyc apartment with my mom that year, and I remember vaugly furbies being a thing.

I was 26 years old in 2000.


Same age as me! (Well, for 8 more days ;D)

September 2000 in England:

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September 2000 in England:

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I have my own photos of England (London) from 1998. That was before London had any skyscrapers, that giant Ferris Wheel, and you could still feed the pigeons at Trafalgar Square :D

When I went to London again in 2005, it had COMPLETELY changed. The CBD was developed by then and there was the giant ferris wheel :o

September 2000 in England:

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WhErE aRe ThE fLyInG cArS?  :(

I have my own photos of England (London) from 1998. That was before London had any skyscrapers, that giant Ferris Wheel, and you could still feed the pigeons at Trafalgar Square :D

When I went to London again in 2005, it had COMPLETELY changed. The CBD was developed by then and there was the giant ferris wheel :o
....been there, done it,  got the t-shirt!  ;D

I was in Trafalgar Square the day it was announced no feeding the pigeons, and there was a man with a hawk on his arm to frighten the birdies away.

I have my own photos of England (London) from 1998. That was before London had any skyscrapers, that giant Ferris Wheel, and you could still feed the pigeons at Trafalgar Square :D

When I went to London again in 2005, it had COMPLETELY changed. The CBD was developed by then and there was the giant ferris wheel :o

And it’s arguably changed even more in the past 5 years than it did in the entirety of the 2000s. London has been booming like never before.

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And it’s developed even more in the past 5 years than it did in the entirety of the 2000s. London has been booming.
When you look at the skyline of the skyscrapers in the City of London, it can be hard to see the NatWest Tower (constructed in the 1980s, and now called something else), for it is dwarfed by the taller skyscrapers.

https://www.carrotcars.co.uk/sites/carrotcars.co.uk/files/ec1.JPG

..located in the centre of the image, hiding behind...

See I'm not crazy when I say cars were still pretty boxy in my baby and toddler photos/videos. Yet I got plenty of commentaries on forums attesting that cars 20 years ago were even more rounded than they are now lolololol.

When you look at the skyline of the skyscrapers in the City of London, it can be hard to see the NatWest Tower (constructed in the 1980s, and now called something else), for it is dwarfed by the taller skyscrapers.

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I remember thinking that egg-shaped building was some of the most interesting architecture I had seen. I think it was constructed in 2003. Nowadays every city seems to have some unnaturally shaped skyscrapers.

I remember thinking that egg-shaped building was some of the most interesting architecture I had seen. I think it was constructed in 2003. Nowadays every city seems to have some unnaturally shaped skyscrapers.

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Welcome to the future ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


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WhErE aRe ThE fLyInG cArS?  :(



Didn't happen yet!

I remember thinking that egg-shaped building was some of the most interesting architecture I had seen. I think it was constructed in 2003. Nowadays every city seems to have some unnaturally shaped skyscrapers.
You speak of The Gherkin, and one on off the other buildings is a restaurant, in which I look forward to having a meal one day.

Life as a child at the turn of the Millennium 8)

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It was the peak of Poke-Mania!

Along with my hometown at the turn of the Millennium

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RIP to the Twin Towers :\'(. Not to mention the pre-gentrified days of when New York was more authentic and real. It's truly has become emblematic of a bygone era.

Along with my hometown at the turn of the Millennium

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RIP to the Twin Towers :\'(. Not to mention the pre-gentrified days of when New York was more authentic and real. It's truly has become emblematic of a bygone era.

I’ve never been to New York but isn’t it a lot cleaner and safer now than it was in the 90s? In fact, I’m pretty sure it’s now the safest major US city, which is a remarkable achievement for such a massive city.

My sister went there in 2010 and narrowly avoided being stranded due to a blizzard.

I’ve never been to New York but isn’t it a lot cleaner and safer now than it was in the 90s? In fact, I’m pretty sure it’s now the safest major US city, which is a remarkable achievement for such a massive city.


It is safer now, but it was already headed in that trajectory since the 1990s.


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The city was at its worst in the 1970s and early 1980s, but it began to come back around in the 80s & 90s to become a 'global city'.


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By the turn of the millennium, the city had already overcame a lot. The economy had improved, crime rates were falling, tourism was flourishing, etc. etc.


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However, in the 2000s the city had gone through significant growing pains; 9/11 and its aftermath, the housing bubble and how it affected real estate in the NYC region, and the Stock Market Crash in 2008 with the ensuing Great Recession following it. Hurricanes Irene and Sandy certainly didn't help the mood in the city either. Despite these situations, the city remained resilient and flourished into a new 'renaissance' period of sorts, akin to the city's boom in the 80s & 90s, something that is continuing to this day.


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The cost? Widening income inequality in the city. Rapidly increasing rents. Gentrification of longtime historic ethnic enclaves. New York City becoming less of a city for the 'working man' and the 'rags to riches comeback kid', to a city dubbed 'a playground for the rich'.


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Don't get me wrong, as a longtime resident of the city and it's suburbs for my entire existence of 24 years, I am relatively happy with much of the changes. The smoking bans, reinvestment into public parks, the rapidly expanding tourism industry, reinvigoration of museums and art galas, etc. etc. However, I am starting to notice that the aspects that made New York, Nu Yawk, if that makes any sense, fading more and more into the background, and in some cases straight up eliminated. Not to mention the societal class struggle between 'haves' and 'have nots', and the balance in trying to appease to these camps, but in my mind it seems like city planners and investors are favoring the former heavily.


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That's what I mean by a bygone era of New York City, the city has just simply changed immensely in the last 20-30 years, many reasons for good and also certainly for bad as well. But the city has, is, and always will change. The city had evolved substantially from the time my parents were born in the Post War period to when I was born in the Late 20th century, as an example. Heck, just imagine how the very few GIers (the Roaring 20s/WW2 Generation) feel about the changed of the city they have seen in their lifetimes, provided if some of them are still somewhat cognizant. It's truly extraordinary to think about.


My sister went there in 2010 and narrowly avoided being stranded due to a blizzard.

I think I know which blizzard you're talking about.


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It was the 'Boxing Day Blizzard' of 2010. I vividly remember because I was staying at my aunt's place for the Holiday season that year, she lived in the Upper West Side, close to Harlem. Me and two of my cousins were at the store getting groceries right around the time when the brunt of the storm was impacting us. My oldest cousin, for some jack-ass reason, decided to go ahead of us, in which, mind you, he proceeded without carrying any groceries as he started to walk back to the house. Me and my other cousin had to walk at least 10 blocks in freezing cold (temps I believe that were in the teens, feeling like the negatives), heavy snow, massive winds, since it was a 'bomb cyclone', and carrying 5 bags of groceries each.

Oh........ boy........ our cousin was in for a rude awakening when we finally got back ;D.

I’ve never been to New York but isn’t it a lot cleaner and safer now than it was in the 90s? In fact, I’m pretty sure it’s now the safest major US city, which is a remarkable achievement for such a massive city.

My sister went there in 2010 and narrowly avoided being stranded due to a blizzard.


New York... blizzard...

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New York... blizzard...

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Yep..... Now say it with me:

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NYC Blizzard.


Heck, even when multiple feet of snow comes crashing down, we're still badasses 8).

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Life as a child at the turn of the Millennium 8)

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It was the peak of Poke-Mania!

The only memories that I know of Kids' WB was when I watched Xiaolin Showdown on the AfterToons Show and The Batman and Foster's Home on a Saturday morning. So around 2005-2006ish.

The only memories that I know of Kids' WB was when I watched Xiaolin Showdown on the AfterToons Show and The Batman and Foster's Home on a Saturday morning. So around 2005-2006ish.


Damn dude. No offense, but you really missed out. Kids WB was absolutely mammoth back in the day. To the point that it actually rivaled the 'big 3' kids networks. It was the 'last hurrah' of Saturday morning cartoons, and Kids WB in the Late 90s and Early 00s was truly a 'bang'.

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Funny enough, there is this retrospective series that actually just started last week ;D. Check it out if you're interested:

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Interesting write up Zelda. There are many parallels with London there - the city was dilapidated in the 1970s/1980s, went through a ‘renaissance‘ period in the 1990s and established itself as a top financial centre (usually competing with New York as #1), house prices skyrocketed in the 2000s and gentrification is a really big topic at the moment as low-income neighbourhoods rapidly disappear. Grungy, alternative areas like Camden have become tourist traps, Soho has lost many of its gay bars and pubs, working class areas like Hackney have become meccas for hipsters.

Basically every area has moved up a level - former upper-middle class areas have been taken over by the ultra rich (Hampstead, Chelsea), former hipster areas have become upper-middle class (Dulwich, Islington), former working class areas have become hipster central (Hackney, Brixton).

And yeah that’s the blizzard - she bought us a load of Christmas presents because it was cheaper at the time, and she literally got one of the last flights out before the blizzard hit.


New York... blizzard...

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I’m from the UK, 1 inch of slush is considered a blizzard here, lol.

This is probably close to my favorite cultural era. That was my late childhood, as I was a junior high school kid during early 2000, and what an awesome era it was. I literally watched Kids WB every afternoon. A lot of times, I would go over and hang out with my buddies after school and we would change channels between seeing which videos were ranked at the top of TRL, what was airing on Toonami, and what was on Kids WB. Of course, we'd also often hook us his Nintendo 64 and play some Mario Kart 64, too.

It's amazing how different things were back then. Even though we were preteens, none of us had our own mobile phones, and we barely ever went online. Actually my cousin that I hung out with a lot back then didn't even own a computer. I have younger cousins that are the age we were back then, and they're always on social media posting stuff. I'm only 20 years older than them, but my childhood seems even older than that compared to theirs.

As for an overview of early 2000 kid culture. Obviously, Pokemon was everywhere, with everybody getting Pokemon Yellow on the Game Boy Color, and Pokemon Gold and Silver a few months away. Dragon Ball Z and Toonami as a whole had gotten huge by this point. Nickelodeon was still huge, but not as dominant as it had been, while this was the last era that Rugrats was still the channel's most popular show. Girls loved The Backstreet Boys, while us guys usually made fun of them. The WWF was dominated by the rivalry between The Rock and Triple H, along with Vince McMahon. Nintendo 64 and PlayStation were still the dominant consoles, with the PlayStation 2 still being a good ways off. Truly and awesome era.

This is probably close to my favorite cultural era. That was my late childhood, as I was a junior high school kid during early 2000, and what an awesome era it was. I literally watched Kids WB every afternoon. A lot of times, I would go over and hang out with my buddies after school and we would change channels between seeing which videos were ranked at the top of TRL, what was airing on Toonami, and what was on Kids WB. Of course, we'd also often hook us his Nintendo 64 and play some Mario Kart 64, too.

It's amazing how different things were back then. Even though we were preteens, none of us had our own mobile phones, and we barely ever went online. Actually my cousin that I hung out with a lot back then didn't even own a computer. I have younger cousins that are the age we were back then, and they're always on social media posting stuff. I'm only 20 years older than them, but my childhood seems even older than that compared to theirs.

As for an overview of early 2000 kid culture. Obviously, Pokemon was everywhere, with everybody getting Pokemon Yellow on the Game Boy Color, and Pokemon Gold and Silver a few months away. Dragon Ball Z and Toonami as a whole had gotten huge by this point. Nickelodeon was still huge, but not as dominant as it had been, while this was the last era that Rugrats was still the channel's most popular show. Girls loved The Backstreet Boys, while us guys usually made fun of them. The WWF was dominated by the rivalry between The Rock and Triple H, along with Vince McMahon. Nintendo 64 and PlayStation were still the dominant consoles, with the PlayStation 2 still being a good ways off. Truly and awesome era.

Wow, seemed like a lot of fun back then. Which kids' channel did you watch the most?

Playstation 1 Demo Discs:

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Now that is a blast from the past!

This is probably close to my favorite cultural era. That was my late childhood, as I was a junior high school kid during early 2000, and what an awesome era it was. I literally watched Kids WB every afternoon. A lot of times, I would go over and hang out with my buddies after school and we would change channels between seeing which videos were ranked at the top of TRL, what was airing on Toonami, and what was on Kids WB. Of course, we'd also often hook us his Nintendo 64 and play some Mario Kart 64, too.

It's amazing how different things were back then. Even though we were preteens, none of us had our own mobile phones, and we barely ever went online. Actually my cousin that I hung out with a lot back then didn't even own a computer. I have younger cousins that are the age we were back then, and they're always on social media posting stuff. I'm only 20 years older than them, but my childhood seems even older than that compared to theirs.

As for an overview of early 2000 kid culture. Obviously, Pokemon was everywhere, with everybody getting Pokemon Yellow on the Game Boy Color, and Pokemon Gold and Silver a few months away. Dragon Ball Z and Toonami as a whole had gotten huge by this point. Nickelodeon was still huge, but not as dominant as it had been, while this was the last era that Rugrats was still the channel's most popular show. Girls loved The Backstreet Boys, while us guys usually made fun of them. The WWF was dominated by the rivalry between The Rock and Triple H, along with Vince McMahon. Nintendo 64 and PlayStation were still the dominant consoles, with the PlayStation 2 still being a good ways off. Truly and awesome era.


Early 2000s were legendary my man 8). Toonami/Kids WB on weekdays, WWF/early WWE on Monday nights, and Saturday morning cartoons (Kids WB, ABC's OSM, FOX Kids), it truly was an era to reckon with. I miss JordanK1982, he'd most certainly make this conversation even more interesting :\'(.

Interesting write up Zelda. There are many parallels with London there - the city was dilapidated in the 1970s/1980s, went through a ‘renaissance‘ period in the 1990s and established itself as a top financial centre (usually competing with New York as #1), house prices skyrocketed in the 2000s and gentrification is a really big topic at the moment as low-income neighbourhoods rapidly disappear. Grungy, alternative areas like Camden have become tourist traps, Soho has lost many of its gay bars and pubs, working class areas like Hackney have become meccas for hipsters.

Basically every area has moved up a level - former upper-middle class areas have been taken over by the ultra rich (Hampstead, Chelsea), former hipster areas have become upper-middle class (Dulwich, Islington), former working class areas have become hipster central (Hackney, Brixton).

And yeah that’s the blizzard - she bought us a load of Christmas presents because it was cheaper at the time, and she literally got one of the last flights out before the blizzard hit.
I’m from the UK, 1 inch of slush is considered a blizzard here, lol.


Yeah, it is interesting to see the parallels. It seems like many cities in the West underwent those changes in the last 20 years. I'm not sure how it's been like in London, but here in the States it has certainly contributed to some demographic tension over the years.

I went to New York City not in the first week of the new millennium, but in the last week of the old one. Okay, maybe not the very last, but I was there for a week right before Christmas; December 1999. Too bad I didn't see the 2000 ball drop there, although I'm sure it was insanely crowded anyway.

I went to New York City not in the first week of the new millennium, but in the last week of the old one. Okay, maybe not the very last, but I was there for a week right before Christmas; December 1999. Too bad I didn't see the 2000 ball drop there, although I'm sure it was insanely crowded anyway.


Damn that sucks! Eh, you at least got to experience the city during Christmastime though, especially right before the 'new millennium', so that's still cool :).

Anyways, here is a video showcasing the legendary ball drop:


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I don't think you would've wanted to be within those crowds ;D. Not to mention all of the confetti and '2000 glasses'

Yeah, it is interesting to see the parallels. It seems like many cities in the West underwent those changes in the last 20 years. I'm not sure how it's been like in London, but here in the States it has certainly contributed to some demographic tension over the years.

Same here. There were protests in the Brixton area of London a few years ago against gentrification and a cereal bar ended up with smashed windows. Some tension there for sure.

Cars on the road at the Turn of the Millennium 8)

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There’s this person on YouTube named “bus2394” who’s been posting these videos of them filming random things for the last 30 or so years...

Some of their stuff from 2000...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eLrsgr9Q8QQ

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pl1dowpo4eI

At 27:30 you can see them filming inside a mall without getting yelled at.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=eJMKi8mEyFs

And this is barely a fraction of of what this person has filmed over the years  :o

I can believe it. This is why I've said multiple times no way 2000 (along with 1999) can be the start of the 00's culturally. I'm okay with Y2K culture (or late 90's to early 00's transition). Even from my memories, I always thought 2000 was just an extension of 1999, but I started noticing the huge differences pop culturally by 2001, and this applied within my own family too.

The 00s started culturally in 1998 with Brittney Spears and Eminem blowing up —though, Eminem might have been in 1999 🤔 By 2000 Eminem was huge as were new artist like Nelly and Ludacris. Culturally the 00s was totally in play by then

The 00s started culturally in 1998 with Brittney Spears and Eminem blowing up —though, Eminem might have been in 1999 🤔 By 2000 Eminem was huge as were new artist like Nelly and Ludacris. Culturally the 00s was totally in play by then

Exactly!

I can believe it. This is why I've said multiple times no way 2000 (along with 1999) can be the start of the 00's culturally.

The 2000s are dated now. They are no longer a modern decade, that belongs to the 2010s and 2020s now. So it makes sense for 2000 which is part of the 2000s decade both numerically and culturally to look dated. It's 20 years ago now.

The 00s started culturally in 1998 with Brittney Spears and Eminem blowing up —though, Eminem might have been in 1999 🤔 By 2000 Eminem was huge as were new artist like Nelly and Ludacris. Culturally the 00s was totally in play by then


1998 was mostly Britney Spears and Eminem free. Spears came out at the very end of '98.

There’s this person on YouTube named “bus2394” who’s been posting these videos of them filming random things for the last 30 or so years...

Some of their stuff from 2000...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eLrsgr9Q8QQ

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pl1dowpo4eI

At 27:30 you can see them filming inside a mall without getting yelled at.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0Qx9P4GsxTs

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eJMKi8mEyFs

And this is barely a fraction of of what this person has filmed over the years  :o


Yeah those home videos definitely look completely retro :o. For people on this thread, is it fair to call the early 2000s 'retro'? It's been 20 years, but it still feels rather weird haha.

Yeah those home videos definitely look completely retro :o. For people on this thread, is it fair to call the early 2000s 'retro'? It's been 20 years, but it still feels rather weird haha.

Yes it is. At the least anything pre-9/11 is retro now.

Yes it is. At the least anything pre-9/11 is retro now.


This was from December of 2000, so not quite 20 years ago, yet. But still though, things do look noticeably different:


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It's weird to think about, because I vividly remember watching Nickelodeon from this era. It's hard for me to wrap my mind around the fact that this is almost 20 years ago :o.

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