Daily News | Disco, not hippies: Generation Jones says it has little in common with Baby Boomers
in 1999 — refers to the idea of “keeping up with the Joneses,” as well as the drug-use slang of “jonesing,” or craving more.
Beyond that, as Jonesers begin to retire, many face financial uncertainty their older brethren never did.Darlene M. Temple, 65, of West Mount Airy, who retired from a management position at Amtrak, said she never felt connected to the Baby Boom generation.[University],” she said. “Growing up in Mount Airy, there were no riots like in the ‘60s, I wasn’t a hippie, I wasn’t smoking reefer.”
As it aged, Generation Jones changed Boomer politics along with the music. They proved to be more Republican and conservative than older Boomers, and are said to have helped elect George W. Bush and Donald Trump. Boomers “may have wanted to change the world ... most of my peers just wanted to change the channel.”
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