Everything looks better looking backwards. But now is easily better. We had to go to the library and check out actual books, we had to research in the physical encyclopedias, cars were less comfortable… Heck, I’m on a hand-held computer we call a smartphone… :)
When I was in grade school in the 60s, we had a math problem… “how old will you be in the year 2000?” I calculated 42 and thought “OMG, I’ll be nearly dead by then”…
Not sure of the OP’s purpose, but this is Augusta GA.