1990s traffic is great because you get the contrast of the big american car next to the small econoboxes and it looks awesome. So many JDM fans and malaise fans would bathe in these cars.

Best decade to live

What surprises me the most is the total lack of pick-up trucks and suvs, just some small sedans and that's it

I'm a sucker for license plates, 0:40 you can find an old Michigan plate and 1:20 you can find an old NY plate 👀 I'm also originally from Chicago so this brought me so back

Them old street lights have Chicago written all over them,no other city had lights like that..

@BroadwayLTDProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Way better than those ugly yuppie lights and those expressway lights.

@circleinforthecube5170

5 ай бұрын

just like how new york has its own HPS design, detroit has its own aswell

Beatiful skyscrapers.

The cars are beautiful

The driving looks less erratic & restless

I’d take a wild guess and say this was between 1992-1995

@davidruiz7151

3 жыл бұрын

I now think it could be 1990-1995 but I was only 9 in 1990 so I’m no expert lol

@sebaspaz0103

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidruiz7151 Based on the car models that I am seeing, this could be anywhere from late 1989-1991

@Galidorquest

2 жыл бұрын

Aug. 8, 1992

God bless CHICAGO

1992.08.10

when suvs werent everywhere

Where's the pot wholes lol

Back when people can watch Michael Jordan Live.

So many red cars

Also interesting to see that there were not nearly as many SUV's or pick up trucks as today 😅

@OmegaWolf

Жыл бұрын

Because back when there was actual taste in cars

@julianurbaszewski4055

6 ай бұрын

That might be Lake Shore Drive and if thats the case its probably why.

@norger

2 ай бұрын

​@@OmegaWolf it's actually government regulations that are clamping down on sedans

Why do older cars still look raggedy even if they were new back then.

@GixxerRider1991

2 ай бұрын

Those were cars from a different time that were truly built just to get you where you needed to go.

Dammm Chicago rlly didn’t like classic cars huh 😂

@EddyTheDesigner

Жыл бұрын

If 90s Chicago roads are anything like modern Chicago roads, driving them on these streets would destroy your classic vehicle 😅

@cj-fh4nx

7 ай бұрын

Barely any car from the 70s remain.

Back when Chicago actually had its own identity and before Chicago started trying to be this generic “world city” that it is today.

@Galidorquest

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean "world city"?... You mean how more minorities are living with whites?...

@BroadwayLTDProductions

10 ай бұрын

@@GalidorquestWhat I mean is Chicago is trying to be more like Los Angeles and NYC instead of just being Chicago!

@norger

2 ай бұрын

​​@@Galidorquest Yes there aren't many whites only cities on this planet why should we have minorities, whereas other countries have no minorities in their cities.

Why did civilian cars look so plain jane back then?? This is not the only footage I've noticed this. Most of the paint jobs are dull. And they're just not a lot of nice cars from what I notice. Today you'll see Hellcats, Mercedes up the ass. BMW. All of it. Not saying that's the only type of cars you see but still. Kinda weird

@mrsaulthegreat

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Back then, people were more willing to buy from American luxury brands such as Buick/Cadillac/Lincoln etc. Financing for a expensive car was more difficult back then too than it was now, and Chicago in general was cheaper to live in. Regardless, you can still see a good amount of Mercedes and BMWs in the footage, as well as some sports cars such as the Dodge daytona, the late 80s equivalent of a hellcat (or as close as you will get to one). Interesting you comment on the car color too. Cars back then had a lot more color variety, most car today are 3 colors, white, gray and black. I'm guessing your referring to why the colors look so muted, I'm guessing it's just because of the camera itself

@Galidorquest

2 жыл бұрын

​@@mrsaulthegreat "Cars back then had a lot more color variety, most car today are 3 colors, white, gray and black." It's not because of the camera. The 6 dominant car colors seen in this video (black, gray, burgundy, red, white and silver) were always the norm since the 80's. Those colors are the standard for average car dealers. There *was* a little more variety in color in the 20th Century, but most people kept it basic. And in some countries like Japan and South Korea, you only get to choose either black or white.

@Galidorquest

2 жыл бұрын

@Please Stop Me "Today you'll see Hellcats, Mercedes up the ass. BMW." Nah, those types of cars are the minority. Cars today are more 'Plain Jane' than ever before, and a lot of the vehicles I see now are very small, ugly and European-looking. Especially the cabs, those minivan cabs are downright hideous. And those bulky new cop-cars look so intimidating, like something out of Transformers. "Not a lot of nice cars" Those 1980's Chevy Impalas are considered one of the most gangsta cars in Hip Hop culture and they're often tricked-out with big chrome rims.

@ti-8493

2 жыл бұрын

Foreign car brands didn’t really make up a reasonable chunk of the American market until the late 90s. Personally i feel cars were more colorful back then, now most of the new cars i see are black or white

@Galidorquest

2 жыл бұрын

@@ti-8493 Especially by the Late 00's when rappers like Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy and Soulja Boy made Lamborghinis iconic in Hip Hop culture.