happy+days?

Were the 50's //REALLY // happy days? YES! :)  NO! :(  IN THE MIDDLE! :? 
 * More houses built
 * More cars built
 * Better roads built
 * More electronics made and bought
 * The economy boosted
 * Space rockets began to form
 * Red Scare and the Russians having atomic wepons.
 * Communism was spreading in China
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 250%; color: rgb(0, 255, 255); text-align: center; display: block;">The Korean War
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 250%; color: rgb(0, 255, 255); text-align: center; display: block;">Poilo Scare
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 250%; color: rgb(0, 255, 255); text-align: center; display: block;">BABY BOOM
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 250%; color: rgb(0, 255, 255); text-align: center; display: block;">Veterans got married
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 250%; color: rgb(0, 255, 255); text-align: center; display: block;">No more room in the cities
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 250%; color: rgb(0, 255, 255); text-align: center; display: block;">No housing room available
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; font-size: 250%; color: rgb(0, 255, 255); text-align: center; display: block;">Space Race