I have to admit, I feel like I still live in those times, some days!
I am a conservative Christian and belong to a Church of the Brethren. Females all wear long dresses, and prayer covers if baptized. Men typically wear beards.
The children are home-schooled. They play 4-square about every day they can. They skip rope. They ride bikes. They swim in the local swimming hole. Over half of the families in our church have farms, or at least a flock of hens that the children go out to collect the eggs daily (we do not have children, so hubby collects our eggs).
Only 4 or 5 families have computer with internet. Only 1 family has a television.
Our Sundays consist of Sunday School, church, then HOURS of fellowship time that we just sit and eat and talk and laugh.
When it's cold outside, the children ice skate, or go sledding. They play in the rain. They climb trees. If the weather is really bad, they are inside playing board games or Dutch Blitz (a REALLY fun card game!).
Our minister's workshop burned down last month (he's a Contractor) - we had a "shop raising" (instead of barn raising) - over 30 men came up from Pennsylvania (where our "home" churches are) to help build - it only took 2 days for it to go from a pile of ashes to a full 2-story shop with electricity and furnace!
I've only been a member of this church for a year, but my life is so much better now than it ever was...it's amazing how "worldly" I was previously.
Oh - and we had "beef day" at one of the member's houses a couple of weeks ago - we bought 2 head of cattle and everyone (but me it seems - it grossed me out...haha) including the children (as young as 9!) had sharp knives and was cutting up the meat.
I think the area I live in has an advantage over cities. Sure, we may have to drive 10 miles to a grocery store, and 40 minutes to church, but we can open our windows at night. Our home is almost never locked. Our car is never locked if parked in our driveway.
Wow. This just made me smile typing all of this...what a way to realize how blessed I am.