That was the appearance anyway....however you had to lie, cheat or steal to look good and go along with society. As others have pointed out most of the problems of today were there then -they were just swept under the rug and hidden.
I don’t recall any little kids getting killed while doing their homework by drive bys. Little kids could ride their bikes all day and parents didn’t have to worry about them.
Sure, there have always been sicko pervs but we weren’t assaulted with porn on every tv channel and little Johnny next door wasn’t likely sending sex videos of your daughter to all their classmates.
It wasn’t common place for customers to get mowed down while stopping in for a cup of coffee or a burger. Customers were smart enough not to dump coffee over themselves and sue the café. And no one sued bakeries over same sex wedding cakes. Show me one sports team that took a knee.