I’m aware I was just thinking of the McDonald’s scene. The whole movie as you said is an allegory for wanting to “go home to a simpler time”. It is unfortunately tied to fascism now but the sentiment is felt by many normal people. It’s completely human nature to want to go home and home is as much a place as it is a point in time or a feeling

I just want what’s in the picture is that just too much to ask?

It’s partly why I never felt prey to the nostalgia trends that afflict my generation (x). You can’t go back so why not focus on now? I love getting older. I am aware of my parents and my impending mortality but I embrace it.

I miss the house I grew up in. I still have those moments of core memories that come off of a sound, or smell, or touch, but I’m here. The moments are sweeter for knowing I can’t return.

The trick is to know that home is in you so it doesn’t matter where you are.