People focused on the road when they drove their cars instead of talking on cell phones or texting;

You could walk in a store/restaurant/etc. and not have to hear someone's phone conversation (why do people on cellphones have to talk so loud?);

An attitude of entitlement was more the exception than the rule and was seen as a negative trait;

When I could dance at punk/new wave clubs until 4:00am, sleep a couple hours, then go to work feeling fine!