Of course it has changed- the internet and the mobile phones. Girls are way more expensive in real terms.
The nice beaches are destroyed
Yes, in some ways it hasn't changed, but in ways that were not that important to me.
However, I'd still live there in a heartbeat if I could. I had a far superior lifestyle for less that what I spend here. Weather is nicer too. Some beaches have avoided destruction.
I do less well than my parent did on her pension, and I was paying tax for that. Health care is worse that they got.