I love this! We're obviously near the same age-ish. I was 19 in 1990. I took a bus from my hometown, Fredericton NB (actually Oromocto) to Toronto. Talk about culture shock. I thought I was so streetwise and tough, you know because I grew up in a huge military metropolis of 10000 people. I hitchiked too, not often, but I did.

I don't even know how I'm still here. My kids are adults now but if they did some of the stuff I did in the 90s, even today at 32, 29 and 27, I'd think they'd lost their damn minds.