I was born in '83, so I remember the late 80s, as least. But I lived through it more with media, later on. Watching 80s music videos on VH1 (lots of 80s hair metal and new wave). Ransacking the local video rental store of old movies (especially horror, fantasy, and sci-fi) and NES games. And the saturday morning cartoons. They were so good then (and I did live through/remember those).
Pop culture from the 80s just feels directly aimed at me and my interests.