[GOPJ]

Like so many other large cities, the turning point was 1965:

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.

[buccaneer81]

It hung on where I grew up until the mid ‘70s. By 1980, the old America was gone.