In Southern California in the late 60s we could walk on the rocks at Paddleboard cove on the Palos Verdes Peninsula at low tide and pry abalone off the rocks. Some seafood restaurants offered abalone. We caught 20 lb. Halibut off the Redondo Beach Pier and yellowtail. We caught so many 5 lb Bonita our arms felt like lead weights.
Not today. Fished out. Polluted. But there are still places like that. The "lost coast" up north. Shelter Cove. But only for a while. The population explosion and property inflation are gradually making these areas off limits to the common man. I've personally shifted my inner desire to experience the coastline to the mountains of the western U.S. But even up here the creeping phenomena of mass population explosion and elitist dominance in government is slowly closing the gates. Keep out.
Youngsters are being programmed to accept urban sprawl and the indoor virtual world. You don't need to see it in person or live in it. We'll show you what it's like on tictok or Nat Geo. And trust us to keep it pristine as you clods would just mess it up. And we can't allow you to grow veggies in your back yard, or raise chickens. You bumpkins will destroy the genetic makeup of these foodstuffs we've spent so much time modifying.
If I was young enough for it to matter I'd probably do the same thing I did back in the 80s. Become a construction gypsy. Not gonna get wealthy but the freedom is priceless.