Yes, we DID live through some of the "best years" America had to offer.
OTOH...there were still lots of strikes ( something younger generations really don't know about ), Recessions, and real segregation.
Still and all, we lived in an American that was united, watched the same movies, T.V. shows, listened to the same songs ( which actually had a melody you could hum or sing, with words that wouldn't shock your grandparents ), and dances that weren't too obscene and many of which had couples holding each other. There's much more, but I'm afraid that some posters here will just see all of that as being something NOT enviable, but rather backwards.
“and real segregation.”
And that’s why you, your generation, and in fact all of America Pre-Obama was Evil.
I cite Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as my authority.