All the neighborhood kids playing Monopoly until midnight in the neighbor's back yard when we were like 12 or 13. All ethnicities, but nobody noticed since designated victimhood was still 5 or 10 years away.
Having all the kids in the neighborhood write, direct and then put on a play for the adults - parents and non-parents alike -- who paid a nickel to get in (it was usually in someone's garage or back yard) to see it.
Making a really neat fort out of blankets, cardboard boxes and ingenuity. Then getting extension cords and sleeping all night while eating too much junk foiod we bought with the deposit from coke bottles.
Ah, today's kids miss all this between being coddled by over-protective parents and mesmerised by TV and video games.
How about non-stop sports seasons? We went from one season to the next with nary a seam--baseball to football to basketball to hiking, to fishing and hunting and summer swimming. For us boys, it was heaven. Sadly, it came to an end with WW II and many of the boys gave their lives, were wounded or captured by Nazis or Japs.
During the pre War days people were happy, helpful, cheerful, and hard working, even in the depths of the Depression. No one went hungry in our town and we knew most everyone. There were no illegal drugs, no profanity or obscenity was heard in good company and selling porn was a Federal crime. School was tough, but we learned all we needed : English, math, science, music, art, foreign languages and a lot more sports. Everyone went to Church and practiced their religions as best they could. It was the best of times for many of us.