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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1982
Page
16
A UPI report traces how the 1960s Haight-Ashbury scene sparked lasting shifts in values across advanced economies. Analysts cite surveys showing a move from money focus to private life quality, self expression, and belonging as generations matured in postwar prosperity.
The piece notes a shift from radical 1960s hippie culture toward more conventional lifestyles in places like San Francisco and The Farm commune led by Stephen Gaskin. It contrasts cultural and political movements and suggests hippie ideals influenced broader society over time.
Poll data show reversals in attitudes toward premarital sex and cohabitation in the United States while college participation and higher education rise. Inglehart notes post materialist shares of 10 percent in the US, 13 percent in West Germany, 14 percent in France, and 21 percent in the Netherlands.
The piece surveys a shift in social values as educated urban elites challenge traditional culture. It cites Jeane Kirkpatrick on middle class attacks on established institutions and notes blue collar voters moving Republican. Pollsters warn value trends may be gradual and behavior matters as much as beliefs.
A crafted profile traces Horatio Alger V from early prosperity through hardship and government conflict to marriage and rising as an assistant manager of computer programmers. The narrative highlights hard work dual lives, long hours, modest home, stereo, tea, marijuana, and a balanced family life as key milestones.
An unnamed rising executive moves from the Southwest to San Francisco for a new post. He leaves friends, joins a warmer social scene, and faces anxiety over labor limits, costs, and reduced hands on work. His romantic life shifts as he dates others and adapts to California. He reflects on dissatisfaction and health worries.
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