Do you remember 1999? Ricky Martin’s “Livin La Vida Loca” topped the charts, we were scared of the Blair Witch, and Google officially launched.
To celebrate, Google Trends opened its time capsule to see which fads were titanic in 1999. According to the report, adults were watching “The Matrix” and “The Sopranos” while kids were into “Toy Story 2” and “Teletubbies.” People also used the search engine to learn about David Beckham or evaluate their Pokémon cards, and searches for hot sauce set the web ablaze.
Livin La Vida Local
Want to know what life was like in Greenville? We dug up some data to help us remember the final year of the 20th century — thanks to some help from a 25-year-old search engine.
- Median family income: $43,300
- City’s population: 58,035
- Estimated cost to buy a home: $132,467 (prices have increased 185.1%)
- Average cost of a gallon of gasoline in South Carolina: $0.698
Sign of the times
- In the news: Poinsett Plaza made its debut, Greenville Tech Foundation purchased McAlister Square for $18 million, and Greenville County purchased the former Greenville & Northern Railway property that eventually gave way to our Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail.
- Who was performing: TLC performed their “FanMail Tour” and Black Sabbath presented their “Reunion Tour” at the BI-LO Center — now the Bon Secours Wellness Arena.
