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Brooklyn in the 70's

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Re: Brooklyn in the 70's

Post by CT_Shooter » Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:43 am

Forty seven thousand dollars in 1956 was fortune. My parent's first CT house in 1953 cost under $7000. Thanks for the backstory.
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Re: Brooklyn in the 70's

Post by Deadwood Dutch » Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:54 am

I was there one time in 1964. A buddy and I went to see his friend who lived in a house on Flatbush Ave. and that is all I can recall about being there. But I have been to Manhattan several times.
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Post by PT7 » Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:07 pm

Makes my younger years in a near-west Chicago suburb seem kind of tame. The only serious incident I recall, not near the level of your caddy story, was on my FROSH orientation day in high school. It was a large high school -- about 5000 students, and my FROSH incoming class was 1100. School was highly integrated. A motorcycle gang from Chicago came west and started a pretty wild melee at the school, beating up on kids, who were non-white. Walking the halls the first days of high school was tense, as fights continued even there. Tough high school days at times....but again, comparatively mild to your neighborhood, Nam.

And your statement really tells the depth of your story: "Sometimes I thought was safer in Nam." That's pretty heavy stuff.

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Post by Nam Vet » Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:30 pm

Sir Henry wrote:I bet he grumbled at paying 47K too.

Sorry I had my dates wrong. We moved from NYC to Bklyn in 57 but didn't buy our house till 64. Your right 47k in 54 would have been a fortune.
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Re: Brooklyn in the 70's

Post by Sir Henry » Wed Apr 06, 2016 2:11 pm

Nam Vet wrote:
Sir Henry wrote:I bet he grumbled at paying 47K too.

Sorry I had my dates wrong. We moved from NYC to Bklyn in 57 but didn't buy our house till 64. Your right 47k in 54 would have been a fortune.
We paid $77K for our first home in 1978. That was a fortune back then.
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