Orange groves, for a kid to play in, freedom as a kid was great, in So OC still fairly empty beaches.
Get around In a car was good not great, traffic was becoming a problem, for adults employment was the best in the nation.
High tech/engineering/aerospace ruled the day.
The church was growing everyone was new and made for a welcoming environment.
Bad parts drugs went from fairly to dangerous. Hollywood invited the creepy environment that to this Dai-ly leads to narcissistic and emotionally underdeveloped humans.
The freedom kids had in the 70 wa great then society started clamping down and got scared to let kids go outside.