It's Just A Jump To The Left, And Then A Step To The Right

So my house is back down to being worth about what I paid for it in 2002, the stock market is back to where it was in 1998*, there's a used vinyl LP store opening down the street, and the nearby used book store just expanded. Can anyone provide any positive evidence that we are not caught in a time warp?

(* and looking ever more like a cat's face, just as predicted)