in our days of growing up, it was hard but we all seemed to have the same up bringing, you have your mates family who treated you like there own son and vise versa,then we grew up and into work and there was lots of work around then,
Times do change but it what you get use too, some move on others stay as they are and are happy too,
I think life were ever you are is down to yourself and how you deal with it