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Insecurity and the grass is greener syndrome

The past can't hurt you so you don't see the past as threatening whereas when you think of going to new york now you think of all the ways you could be hurt despite it being more dangerous 40 years ago. Add to that all you fantasies of the past you might find desirable: different fashion, different attitudes, people were whiter and then it is no wonder why we spend so much wishing things were how they were instead of how they are now