[quote=spdrun]Is it actually less safe now? Statistics don’t seem to indicate that this is the case. I think the media is just selling bad news to sheep who will listen.
L.A. was just recovering from race riots in the 70s, BTW. Random crime existed — wasn’t Manson active in the late 60s?[/quote]
How old were you again spdrun? I suppose I’m rose-colored California glass-eyed since I’ve only lived here and not the east coast. I also lived more in the 80s vs. the 70s (40s+) so I can’t say I knew what the 70s were like. That said, I do remember inflation with all those inflation busting ads and stuff like that…
I make the point above since from personal experience, my family, which was mid/upper lived in the exact same city as my extended family (uncles/aunts) who worked as simple waiters, postal workers, bank employees (low start, higher later though), etc…we also all went to the same public schools and I’d say the kids now are all doing pretty darn well (similarly in their 40s)…
As this is a housing forum, I really don’t think people living off government or on the streets are really the people we are talking about.
I was, again, talking about people who are strictly/firmly in the middle class which I’m saying now, is near impossible to have what they had 40 years ago. Maybe all my aunts/uncles had help, but again, I went to school (public) with plenty of people who were normal blue collar folks also with homes, etc…
