What happened to the good old days?

I don't have an elaborate explanation as to why I'm asking this question. I was just sitting at my desk today and looked out my window and began to think. I started thinking about the times when you could walk outside on a sunny day and see girls playing double dutch, hear ice cream truck bells in the distance, and taking a trip to the corner store was a big deal in itself. Times when it was perfectly okay to let your children play in the front yard without worrying about them being violated or abducted. Even the times when dating wasn't such a hassle, being in love was actually a good thing, and being committed didn't correlate to insanity. Is it just me or have times changed?