@boymeetsnostalgia: 1983 at the North Carolina State Fair… back when the rides felt bigger, the lights felt brighter, and a night at the fair was the highlight of the whole year. What fair food do you still think about? #NCStateFair #1983Memories #80sNostalgia #StateFairMemories #BackInTheDay
Oh my gosh, back when North Carolinians were still super southern!! Wow.
2026-06-05 19:28:18
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Jason :
Back when you could donate a can of soup and get in free
2026-06-04 20:37:19
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Colleen :
before all the Yankees moved here
2026-06-09 00:35:03
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spr73 :
I was 10 when this video was made. The saddest thing about it is the disappearance of our accents. Notice everybody he interviewed had one back then, and now you can go a whole day in the city of Raleigh and not hear a southern voice😢.
2026-06-04 01:50:26
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Unman517 :
Early 2000’s NC state fair was fun as hell, had more games and friendly people.
2026-06-10 13:48:42
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halcyon2600 :
before we were invaded
2026-06-05 08:27:24
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stornkle :
Im a Raleigh native, born in 1991. it used to be so fun. now I refuse to go bc I'm deadass afraid of mass sh**ters. haven't been since I was 26 (I'm 34 now)
2026-06-09 11:42:39
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Raleigh Dent Company :
I wish the fair was still that empty. 😂😂
2026-06-07 12:19:42
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♥️✝️🦋LoveLeeReveals🦋✝️♥️ :
It’s crazy cause so many ppl hear me talk and ask me “Where are you from?” And I say right here in NC and they say “Oh, wow,you sound so southern.” I’m like huh? I am Southern. I miss the NC of the past. 🥺
2026-06-12 16:31:35
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Daniel🌱 :
We used to be a good state 😔
2026-06-10 03:24:49
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Christ_is_KING :
This made me tear up. I miss when North Carolina felt like this
2026-06-10 14:29:47
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padfoot7411 :
Ahh back when NC still felt southern.
2026-06-11 12:22:09
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Brian Jones :
That's back when it didn't cost a family of 4 a grand to be able to enjoy it
2026-06-03 23:02:35
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•Lexi• :
The fair was the best when I was a child! Now you cannot take two steps in front of you because there’s so many people. I didn’t even go last year😩
2026-06-11 13:37:46
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A.Nikole__ 🦋✨ :
As someone born and raised in NC this gave me a bitter sweet feeling. I wish some things were the same now i feel like NC is tainted
2026-06-10 11:58:16
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Existingcandles :
This video is why I’ll hold onto my accent till I die. It’s almost gone now I’ve been told I sound like a Texan. Fuck Texas I sound like a Fayetteville born, Newton Grove raised, North Carolina bred human. Wouldn’t want it any other way. Little roundabout the best thing to call home any day
2026-06-10 22:54:22
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It’s a rigged system :
Lmfbo North Carolina State fair is a rip off. Might as well go to the JYC carnival
2026-06-08 02:36:37
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ShadyMoose :
60 cent lemonade lol and people were pissed it was 10 cent more
2026-06-09 00:04:24
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TraumaQueen🫠👑 :
It’s weird to see a world when I didn’t exist to be honest .. cause like. Where was I? 😂😩
2026-06-10 11:15:38
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Vuitton, The Ruler :
Back when you heard something that sounded like fireworks, and it actually was fireworks
2026-06-08 13:21:07
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༺𖤐༒ ☥𝓡𝓮𝓷𝓸𝓲𝓻 ☥༒𖤐༻ :
the state fare is always so crowded and not fun now💔
2026-06-09 01:38:20
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TikTok4EVER :
That lady talking about winning a Polar Bear sounds just like Parker Posey in the White Lotus.
2026-06-06 21:52:56
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Emily Wood :
Stop that’s my old ag teacher
2026-06-10 05:31:09
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jay :
1983 the theme was conservation and thats been so far forgotten it fucking hurts.
2026-06-10 18:11:20
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