 Me and the Brownmobile. Today, let’s talk about the GenX joy of getting a driver’s license. If you enjoy this essay, please tell a friend, share it, and subscribe to 7080: GenX Pop on LinkedIn! Thanks.
According to Statista, via the Federal Highway Administration, the percentage of teens getting driver’s licenses today is significantly lower than that of Gen X when they were teens. In 1983, 46.2% of sixteen-year-olds had licenses; in 2018, only 25.6% did. In 1983, 80.4% of eighteen-year-olds got their licenses, while only 60.9% did in 2018. What’s happening?
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 Photo by Bruno Guerrero. Today, let’s rewind time and examine a significant cultural touchstone in GenX’s life: the VHS cassette and video stores.
Before 1977, the only way to watch a movie was in a theater, at a drive-in, or when a TV network aired it. What did that mean? Sometimes, people saw a movie one time, and that was it. They never watched it again. Then, along came JVC. |
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AuthorNeva Bryan has published over 70 short stories, poems, and essays in literary journals, online magazines, and anthologies. She lives in the Virginia mountains with her husband and their dog. She also writes a series of essays about GenX life in the 1970s and 1980s. 
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