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Why childhood ocean memories feel different as an adult

I spent my whole childhood at the beach and now when I go back everything feels smaller and dirtier and I wonder if I'm romanticizing my past or if things really have changed.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Time changes both the observer and the observed, making nostalgia a conversation between two moving targets.

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“Where Are You with The ocean and its relationship to human life?”

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