The early 2000s.....

[Poincare]

When...

Gaiety was still open,

Miguel Leonn was escorting

Arpad Miklos was still alive

Chelsea still had some semblance of a gay neighborhood

Johan Paulik was still starring in belami videos

The village piers were derelict

Trump was the star of a reality tv show

TV wasn’t littered with drug ads.....

[cany10011]

Chelsea Highline was inchoate

Eighteenth and Eight, La Belle Vie, Food Bar, Red Cat were great casual restaurants

A large studio could still be purchased for 250K

There were no bike lanes, no 311, 646 area code was just introduced

There were still kitchen bathtubs and hallway water closets in some derelict East Village walkups

Cost of a rent boy was about 120$

I was still in my 30s...

Edited July 1, 2019 by cany10011

[+ azdr0710]

does this have to be about only NYC??!!

[caliguy]

I was still in my 30s...

I think that's really what people mean when they say back in the good old days.

[Gymowner]

imagine that 30 years from now the millennials will say "remember back in the good ol days"....omfg!

[Poincare]

does this have to be about only NYC??!!

Of course. I lived in NYC from 1986 to 2008. Sh*t, did I see a lot. So share your memories....

[caliguy]

imagine that 30 years from now the millennials will say "remember back in the good ol days"....omfg!

Millennials were born between 81 and 96. I think you're referring to gen-z.

[+ azdr0710]

[+ Charlie]

Chelsea Highline was inchoate

Ei

There were still kitchen bathtubs and hallway water closets in some derelict East Village walkups

 

The one in which I had my first hook-up in 1960 was still there!

[cany10011]

Older Gen X here.... moved to nyc in the mid-1990s. Remember Splash? Went to an "aol" gay chat group who met in real time there. Lots of fun.

[studchaser]

Back in early 2000s. I didnt have a drivers license. Just had to worry about getting outta junior high. There was no terrorism then boom!

[marylander1940]

Gays were in the closet

99% of us wore condoms for anal sex

There was no marriage equality

Multiracial marriages were unusual

Children were born to married couples

Washington DC (and many other cities) were dangerous but getting gentrified

Housing was more affordable

[+ azdr0710]

according to Billboard, the top five songs of 2000.....hmmmm, not a fantastic year, music-wise???......

 

[+ oldNbusted]

according to Billboard, the top five songs of 2000.....hmmmm, not a fantastic year, music-wise???......

 

 

You could do much, much worse!