I have no idea where you live, but that does not really reflect what's happening in my country (France). Criminality rates are roughly stables since the 80's (

I have no idea where you live, but that does not really reflect what's happening in my country (France). Criminality rates are roughly stables since the 80's (https://www.alternatives-economiques.fr/sites/default/files/public/media/20100701/A293041A.GIF https://www.alternatives-economiques.fr/sites/default/files/...), French cities in the 80's were definitely not ‶crack-induced hellscapes″ (and if they ever were, it's definitely now, just visit Paris or Marseille by night), and safe for pollution, I don't think they were notably worst or better to live in than now.