Would you say that the Kramdens lived in the Ghetto(Poor Section of Brookyln)? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 07-30-2006, 02:10 PM

I have some who disagree with me but from watching the eps this weekend it's clear from the look of the APT, the Neighborhood and the view from the kitchen window that the Kramdens lived in the Poor section of Brooklyn. Would you agree?

gilligan fanatic · 07-30-2006, 02:13 PM

I think all of Brooklyn kind of looks a little old and a little run down. It is just inner city, but all citys look like that. So I don't think it is a ghetto.

Brian Damage · 07-30-2006, 02:16 PM

Solomon, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn was not a ghetto in the 1950's.

TVFactFan · 07-30-2006, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

I think all of Brooklyn kind of looks a little old and a little run down. It is just inner city, but all citys look like that. So I don't think it is a ghetto.

I just meant that lived in a low income neighborhood like the Evans. I just can't believe no one would think that who watched this show-lol

TVFactFan · 07-30-2006, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Solomon, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn was not a ghetto in the 1950's.

It sure looked like a Ghetto to me-lol

Brian Damage · 07-30-2006, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TVResearcher

I just meant that lived in a low income neighborhood like the Evans. I just can't believe no one would think that who watched this show-lol

There's a difference between low income and ghetto. lol

TVFactFan · 07-30-2006, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

There's a difference between low income and ghetto. lol

Tell me -lol

Brian Damage · 07-30-2006, 02:28 PM

Ghetto's are dangerous places to live. You made the comparisons to Good Times. There isn't any comparison between the Cabrini projects to Chauncey Street.

Wawwie · 07-30-2006, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by TVResearcher

I have some who disagree with me but from watching the eps this weekend it's clear from the look of the APT, the Neighborhood and the view from the kitchen window that the Kramdens lived in the Poor section of Brooklyn. Would you agree?

Judging from the apartment, you would think it was a poor section of Brooklyn. But that was supposed to be Bensonhurst, Brooklyn which was definitely not a ghetto back then. But then again, it's not the same nowadays.

TVFactFan · 07-30-2006, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Ghetto's are dangerous places to live. You made the comparisons to Good Times. There isn't any comparison between the Cabrini projects to Chauncey Street.

Well I actually just compared their financial situation, the rundown APT and the fact that the husband was a YELLER with a short temper-lol

TVFactFan · 07-30-2006, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Ghetto's are dangerous places to live. You made the comparisons to Good Times. There isn't any comparison between the Cabrini projects to Chauncey Street.

Ok well the Low Income section of Brooklyn

Wawwie · 07-30-2006, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by TVResearcher

Ok well the Low Income section of Brooklyn

Not high crime, BUT Norton had the same apartment as Ralph, made the same money and he had a television, phone, nicer furniture, ect. So Ralph was just cheap. Bensonhurst never was a ghetto type neighborhood.

TVFactFan · 07-30-2006, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Wawwie

Not high crime, BUT Norton had the same apartment as Ralph, made the same money and he had a television, phone, nicer furniture, ect. So Ralph was just cheap. Bensonhurst never was a ghetto type neighborhood.

OK well LOW Crime.

Wawwie · 07-30-2006, 02:49 PM

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OK well LOW Crime.

Yeah, right. Ralph made Bensonhurst seem worse than it was because he had such a badly furnished apartment due to his cheapness.

Tweety · 07-30-2006, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Wawwie

Not high crime, BUT Norton had the same apartment as Ralph, made the same money and he had a television, phone, nicer furniture, ect. So Ralph was just cheap. Bensonhurst never was a ghetto type neighborhood.

It was established in "TV or Not TV" that Norton never paid cash for any of those things though...he bought them all on credit. Ralph didn't want to finance the purchase of any "luxury" items.

But I definitely would not classify their apartments as a ghetto area though... those apartments could have been quite nice, if Ralph wasn't too cheap to let Alice decorate it.

07-30-2006, 02:10 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,065	Would you say that the Kramdens lived in the Ghetto(Poor Section of Brookyln)? I have some who disagree with me but from watching the eps this weekend it's clear from the look of the APT, the Neighborhood and the view from the kitchen window that the Kramdens lived in the Poor section of Brooklyn. Would you agree?

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07-30-2006, 02:28 PM	#8
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Ghetto's are dangerous places to live. You made the comparisons to Good Times. There isn't any comparison between the Cabrini projects to Chauncey Street.