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GoldenTV · 12-19-2021, 08:49 AM

At the end of season 3, Evans family decided to move to Mississippi with James going down there to initiate the move. But James got killed in a car accident in Miss. and the move was cancelled.

So one beg the question as if james wasn"t killed and they did moved, would the family been better off in the south.

I am not sure if they have Projects in Mississippi, but evans probably had to rent a house or aparment and I am sure rent would been more than around $100 which they used to pay in the Project.

The wages are lower in the south than in Chigaco. So James probably had at work at low wages paying jobs. And he probably had to get a car to go to jobs and run erands. So I don't see how they would been better off in Mississppi.

PracTz · 12-20-2021, 12:31 AM

NO WAY!

Even as late as the 1970's, the locals would have made their displeasure known in no time flat had Michael continued being 'the militant midget' there- especially if it had been in a rural area which the show seemed to hint the new locale being!

magellan333 · 12-21-2021, 06:15 AM

James was going to be partner in a garage with a family member. If the garage was a successful business, they probably would have been ok or better off.

stevea · 12-21-2021, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by PracTz

NO WAY!

Even as late as the 1970's, the locals would have made their displeasure known in no time flat had Michael continued being 'the militant midget' there- especially if it had been in a rural area which the show seemed to hint the new locale being!

Michael eventually lost that militant midget thing.

So by this time it might have worked. They made it thru six years of other upheaval anyway--why not this?.

PracTz · 12-21-2021, 01:14 PM

Because at least in Chicago, the Evanses' neighbors and friends all had their backs but who would have had any of their backs in Missippippi- especially if they didn't know anyone besides the garage partner?

Besides, JJ, Thelma and Michael were all CITY kids who likely would have had to make major adjustments to living in ANY rural area- much less one in Missippippi.

Janice Johnson · 12-21-2021, 08:06 PM

Hmm. Mississippi in the 70's was even MORE racially controversial than Chicago was. I feel The Evans would have been dragged and ragged on by their White Neighbors.

The show REALLY should have said that the Evans were moving to a place much more racially open and tolerant like New York or California.

12-19-2021, 08:49 AM	#1
GoldenTV Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 10, 2019 Posts: 1,044	Would Evans been better off in Mississippi? At the end of season 3, Evans family decided to move to Mississippi with James going down there to initiate the move. But James got killed in a car accident in Miss. and the move was cancelled. So one beg the question as if james wasn"t killed and they did moved, would the family been better off in the south. I am not sure if they have Projects in Mississippi, but evans probably had to rent a house or aparment and I am sure rent would been more than around $100 which they used to pay in the Project. The wages are lower in the south than in Chigaco. So James probably had at work at low wages paying jobs. And he probably had to get a car to go to jobs and run erands. So I don't see how they would been better off in Mississppi.

12-20-2021, 12:31 AM	#2
PracTz Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2002 Location: United States of America [Happily Living in the 20th Century] Posts: 2,711	NO WAY! Even as late as the 1970's, the locals would have made their displeasure known in no time flat had Michael continued being 'the militant midget' there- especially if it had been in a rural area which the show seemed to hint the new locale being!

12-21-2021, 06:15 AM	#3
magellan333 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 26, 2003 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 822	James was going to be partner in a garage with a family member. If the garage was a successful business, they probably would have been ok or better off.

12-21-2021, 01:14 PM	#5
PracTz Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2002 Location: United States of America [Happily Living in the 20th Century] Posts: 2,711	Because at least in Chicago, the Evanses' neighbors and friends all had their backs but who would have had any of their backs in Missippippi- especially if they didn't know anyone besides the garage partner? Besides, JJ, Thelma and Michael were all CITY kids who likely would have had to make major adjustments to living in ANY rural area- much less one in Missippippi.

12-21-2021, 08:06 PM	#6
Janice Johnson Commercial Lover Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 30, 2003 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 4,739	Hmm. Mississippi in the 70's was even MORE racially controversial than Chicago was. I feel The Evans would have been dragged and ragged on by their White Neighbors. The show REALLY should have said that the Evans were moving to a place much more racially open and tolerant like New York or California.