Having moved from the US to Sydney in the last year, Sydney feels like the US mid-2000's, where generally things still felt more stable, prices weren't terribly

Having moved from the US to Sydney in the last year, Sydney feels like the US mid-2000's, where generally things still felt more stable, prices weren't terribly crazy (except for buying a house), and the streets are extremely safe. Kids still wander around and take public transit by themselves like I did as a kid in the 90's in Europe. In terms of "rosy retrospection" there's probably a bias on the other side — things can get better or worse; they shouldn't always be improving. The last five years seem markedly worse than the five years before that, in terms of stability and safety etc. However- I think this period of instability is might lead to the next positive shift in how we live our lives and our relationship with technology. (e.g. collectively we'll be moving away from social media)