Were the 20s really roaring?

There are many discussions and debates about whether the 20s were really roaring or not and a lot of evidence supporting both sides of the argument.
     

But I think that the answer is simple: if the 20s were not 'roaring', they wouldn't have come to be known as the 'roaring' twenties. Therefore, the 20s were roaring.
       

Some of the things that made the 20s roaring include the overall excitement and intensity during that time. People in the 1920s just kept on consuming and producing things, barrelling through it all until consumption could not catch up with the production. Technologies both new and old were advanced/developed after the war, the economy was improving quickly from short post-war recession, unemployment rates were low, women gained many rights and people had more leisure time in general.
        

In terms of technology, automobiles and other electronic appliances were invented/improved on and 1 in 4 families in Canada had a telephone and Canada was 2^nd to only the US in the number of privately owned cars. These things were not only ‘roaring’ in terms of noise and volume but they changed the way society functioned, how people spent their free time, and things began moving at a much faster pace.
       

Now to the economy, which was going through a recession after the war, when many people were out of jobs and the European countries were having difficulties recovering (and thus, could not purchase Canada’s imports). But as they recovered, there was a market for Canadian goods again, plus all the new raw material that was discovered in the Canadian Shield. Canada is a land of natural resources and it was during this time when we really made use of it; Canada was the leading producer of paper by the end of the 20s.
         

Because of the economy rising and new technologies, there were many more job opportunities. And although the drought affected the farmers of the Prairie Provinces harshly, many left their farms and moved to the city. This was the beginning of Urbanization, and even though farmers may not have gotten the best jobs in the city, it was better than nothing.
       

So, again, although there were many unappealing things about the 20s, the overall mood was one of exhilaration and thrill.