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638 Research says growing up lower-middle class in the 1960s and 70s created some of the most resourceful problem-solvers alive today — people who learned to fix, repurpose, and make do before making do was rebranded as sustainable living and started appearing in lifestyle magazines

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Christian Kelly @ Silicon Canals · 03/22/2026 13:15 EDT

Research says growing up lower-middle class in the 1960s and 70s created some of the most resourceful problem-solvers alive today — people who learned to fix, repurpose, and make do before making do was rebranded as sustainable living and started appearing in lifestyle magazines

My dad worked in a factory outside Manchester. When something broke in our house, he fixed it. Not because he was particularly handy, but because calling someone to fix it cost money we didn’t have. So he’d figure it out. Take it apart, study the problem, put it back together. Sometimes it took three attempts. ... Read more

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