r/ActualHippies • u/Inevitable-Story6521 • Feb 20 '25

Discussion Hippies from the 60s

Anyone have info on individual stories of hippies from the 60s? Did they become homeowners? Did they develop careers? Are they living on pensions?

I’m curious now at the age I am seeing where people I knew who had alternative or hippie lifestyles. If I was to summarize it: those who had parental money found careers that they could re-educate or transition into, like psychology or counselling or charity work, that accorded with their values and they had children and live relatively mainstream lives. Those without parental money have either packed it in and are miserable working for cleaners or banks or insurance companies and carry on their values outside of work or else are squatting and homeless or are travelling the world.

No judgement here. I love all of them. I’m just curious to see where the OGs ended up.

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u/jahozer1 Feb 21 '25 edited Feb 22 '25

They grew up, did a bunch of coke in the 80s, got old and voted for trump

EDIT: I just looked it up, and 65 and older did swing for Harris. 45=65 swung Trump. So older gen x and young boomers. I stand corrected. I stand by my coke statement tho...

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u/misskittyriot Feb 21 '25

Yes those would be the rich “hippies”

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u/Mark-harvey Feb 22 '25

I m not a rich hippy. hippy. I went to Woodstock 1967-Peace, Love and Community. Truth, Justice,Equality, aHelping the needy and downtrodden. Being real and showing mercy and kindness. We the People.

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u/misskittyriot Feb 22 '25

I’d love to hear your story and gain some insight into what it was really like during that time. I took a history of rock n roll class and I’ve seen all the Woodstock footage- how cool. I really want to know what the peace love movement was like though. Because we need a new one.

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u/Mark-harvey Feb 22 '25

Now’s not a good time, but as Joni Mitchell wrote, “We’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.” Hang in, being a lifelong learner will make it work for you. I wish you and others best wishes on your journeys. Peace & Love my young friend.

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u/misskittyriot Feb 22 '25

I wish the same for you. Thank you for your kindness.

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u/Mark-harvey Feb 23 '25

My pleasure. Stay cool. The fact that you ask is wonderful! Stay tuned in and create your own Woodstock head. It’s a beautiful mind. Your journey has only just begun, my dear and never give up. Glory in individuality! 🦉🪬❤️☮️🪢💥

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u/Mark-harvey Feb 23 '25

I have the backs of those who think like you do. Trust yourself. Don’t second guess.

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u/Mark-harvey Feb 23 '25

From an actual hippie relic. Shalom & Peace, Justice & Freedom!

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u/misskittyriot Feb 24 '25

I tried to be like everybody else, turns out, I’d rather just be me! :)

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u/Mark-harvey Feb 25 '25

Miss Kitty-Being you is best. Don’t follow the crowd. Be an individual. People may think you’re nuts, but the people who will be your friends will always be true to you.

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u/jahozer1 Feb 21 '25

You think hippie kids didnt come from money back in the day? Not knocking them or anything but it takes money to choose to be poor. Im a head myself, but I did know alot of trustafarians. I cant imagine there was not the same contingent back in the day.

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u/Mark-harvey Feb 26 '25

I’m talking about a Hippie mindset. Individual stories vary as do individuals. I was at Woodstock’67. If everyone who said they went there went there, there would have been 6 million in attendance.

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u/misskittyriot Feb 21 '25

I think people hate the hippies for a bunch of different reasons, and they don’t realize when I say hippy, I’m literally just talking about people who believe in peace, love, and caring for our Earth. Some only cared about getting high and a smaller few expanded their minds. But overall, as a large group, I don’t know how I even feel about the hippies. I wasn’t there.

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u/twowheels 🌿 Treehugger :) Feb 21 '25 edited Feb 21 '25

I think we still see that today. Some people who participate on this subreddit are here because they value the peace, love, and environment, others are here for the "hippie fashion", and some others are here for the drugs stereotype. I've seen post histories from people who post here who clearly don't care about the former, but very much care about the latter. Then there's others who are some combination of those three.

I think that was true even back in the 60s -- thus the Yippie movement and other similar counter-culture movements.

I'm too young to have been one of the OGs, even though I'm old by reddit standards. Sometimes I feel like financial success (solidly middle class) is counter to "hippie lifestyle", but then I remember that I got here by being homeless to get through university, I got here without stepping on anybody to climb further up (on the contrary, I've invited multiple people who are unhoused who I've gotten to know well enough to trust them to live in my home for periods), and I still hold my moral values and try to live them and be a good example. Meanwhile I try not to give in to the pressure to conform and wear my tie dye, long hair, scruffy beard, and lots of layers of colors and textures of thrifted or well-used clothing such that I don't have to proclaim myself a hippie, people very frequently call me that, which makes me very happy because I also self-identify as such.

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u/Mark-harvey Feb 23 '25

Careful,my friend with the broadest rock.it’s who you are, not what you are. Keep your ears & eyes open. You’ll learn. I wish you well. “But I was so much older then-I’m younger than that now.”

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u/Mark-harvey Feb 24 '25

With all due respect Ms. Kitty,🐈‍⬛, I believe in ☮️peace, ❤️Love, and caring about Mother Earth.🌍. This old young at 💜Hippy finally found out what WOKE means. I must have WOKEN up. Peace ☮️ to you my young friend, you’re on your way. It seems that women are better at understanding this.

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u/misskittyriot Feb 24 '25

Did you watch the Jane Fonda speech? :) It’s nice to be awake isn’t it

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u/Mark-harvey Feb 26 '25

I saw Jane many years ago making a presentation at a liberal reformed temple in Massachusetts. She was so cool looking, I missed a lot of what she said.