1965
Watts riots.
Ted Kennedy's third world immigration legislation passed.
Great Society programs passed.
I can certainly see that your turning point is very valid but I just wonder at the speed of it.
Could NYC have fallen from a reasonably civilised city (not to put on rose-tinted spectacles, we know from gangster movies of the twenties and thirties that the place could be rough at times) to the squalor of Fort Apache the Bronx, Kojak and Death Wish in such a short time? The changes you point to have wrought untold damage but they took generations to reveal themselves.
I’m wondering what is behind the sudden change in NYC from a working city, ie made up of working, ordinary people (even the homeless guys look like they’d take a job if offered) to today’s city made up of deadbeats, welfare bums and super rich.
When did the working classes start leaving the city?
Don’t forget hippies! They ruin everything
Big ole bttt on that!!!
1965
Watts riots.
Ted Kennedy's third world immigration legislation passed.
Great Society programs passed.
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You're right buccaneer - I remember the ‘other’ American - the one where we didn't have to lock our doors at night... where kids were educated, not indoctrinated - and life was more fun.
1965
Watts riots.
Ted Kennedy's third world immigration legislation passed.
Great Society programs passed.
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You're right buccaneer - I remember the ‘other’ American - the one where we didn't have to lock our doors at night... where kids were educated, not indoctrinated - and life was more fun.