And there was a recession
Nah, and I say this as someone born in 1981, and got to be a teenager in the latter half of the decade.
We were pretty damn homophobic, for starters.
Not to mention that the Internet wasn't anywhere near as awesome.
While Western Animation is in a bit of a decline currently, the proceeding decade blew the doors off of the 90's in overall quality
Nowhere near as aware about how we treat women than we are now. Look at this forum if you want any evidence.
I love the 90's, but there's plenty of things we can leave there.