My mom is a baby boomer and explained why Good Times was unrealistic when it premeire

[TVFactFan]

These were her reasons it was unrealistic to her

1. She never saw women living with a man in the projects during the mid-70's

2. She never saw women living alone without kids in projects during the mid-70's

3. The projects wasn't a ran down looking place with gangs it was actually a place for low income families during the mid-70's




Now this was just Philadelphia maybe I need to talk to a baby boomer in Chicago LOL

[Tap Dancer]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

These were her reasons it was unrealistic to her

1. She never saw women living with a man in the projects during the mid-70's

2. She never saw women living alone without kids in projects during the mid-70's

3. The projects wasn't a ran down looking place with gangs it was actually a place for low income families during the mid-70's




Now this was just Philadelphia maybe I need to talk to a baby boomer in Chicago LOL

From what I've read, Cabrini-Green was rampant with gangs and drugs during the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

This is a long story, but I found it interesting: They Came in Through the Bathroom Window
It's a story about Ruthie Mae McCoy, a single woman, who was murdered in 1987.

[Brieannas21]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

These were her reasons it was unrealistic to her

1. She never saw women living with a man in the projects during the mid-70's

2. She never saw women living alone without kids in projects during the mid-70's

3. The projects wasn't a ran down looking place with gangs it was actually a place for low income families during the mid-70's




Now this was just Philadelphia maybe I need to talk to a baby boomer in Chicago LOL

What I said in the other thread still applies to this one.

[Brieannas21]

Originally Posted by Tap Dancer

From what I've read, Cabrini-Green was rampant with gangs and drugs during the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

This is a long story, but I found it interesting: They Came in Through the Bathroom Window
It's a story about Ruthie Mae McCoy, a single woman, who was murdered in 1987.

That is crazy. Now that is a bad neighborhood when people are breaking in through folks bathroom walls.

[liane49]

Originally Posted by Tap Dancer

From what I've read, Cabrini-Green was rampant with gangs and drugs during the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

This is a long story, but I found it interesting: They Came in Through the Bathroom Window
It's a story about Ruthie Mae McCoy, a single woman, who was murdered in 1987.

The show also had to be funny since it was a sit com and keep people watching it every week.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by Tap Dancer

From what I've read, Cabrini-Green was rampant with gangs and drugs during the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

This is a long story, but I found it interesting: They Came in Through the Bathroom Window
It's a story about Ruthie Mae McCoy, a single woman, who was murdered in 1987.

From what I recall back in those times, some housing projects could get worse than others. I remember, say, locally, Peabody and Wilson apartments being pretty easy to walk past and through (I was a kid back the so my perspective is different from what an adult might have seen) while others, like Baker and BTW seemed really dangerous.

Good questions/statements, though, and I'lll be reading this one moe than commenting.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by Tap Dancer

From what I've read, Cabrini-Green was rampant with gangs and drugs during the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

This is a long story, but I found it interesting: They Came in Through the Bathroom Window
It's a story about Ruthie Mae McCoy, a single woman, who was murdered in 1987.

Good Lord that is grim.

[James"Thunder"Early]

Most of public housing started to become rundown by the early to mid 60s, so it was definitely a mess by the 70s. Some zip codes that corresponded to CHA (Chicago Housing Authority) projects had the highest rates of poverty and crime of anywhere in the country. Other cities had issues, but Chicago was the worse, and even with the projects gone, there are still big crime issues.

[biffbronson]

In Chicago, then-Mayor Jane Byrne actually went to live in Cabrini Green for a while. There was even a parody song, "Cabrini Green Where the Mayor Sleeps" done to the tune of "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap." Anyway if I recall correctly, she was trying to turn around some of the very obviously negative publicity and image problem, etc. or just showing she wanted to help.