People fall into the trap while watching shows like “Leave it to Beaver”, and believe that was an authentic representation of what the 50s was like.
well yeah...it kinda was.
I grew up in the fifties.
that show was pretty much spot on.
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Thank you for saying that. I didn't, but did see the 60's as a small child and I was thinking Leave it to Beaver was pretty close.
TV changed in the seventies. It became dark...anti-hero...anti-american. That's when I quit watching it.
Sounds like your socioeconomic group must have been pretty middle class. And yes, to someone in particular groups which I believe from your brief statement, I can surmise you belong to, I would say "Leave it to Beaver " was "spot on". Truth is life was more like "Knock on Any Door". And for good measure you might want to ask Viola Liuzzo and Kitty Genovese what they thought of the "good old days" in the early 60's before the "bad old days" later 60's when everything that the "good old days" stood for changed. I kinda remember when you wanted something done and if you had the money or close to someone it could be done, and the local government was willing to go along. The system is in place and it doesn't change read not so ancient history and you'll find that "when is the U.S. do as the Americans do", or was that Rome?
we were pretty poor.
Seven of us in the family
Dad bought a house for
$5,000. when I was little
he took out a 30yr VA loan on it.
then he worked ten hour days
six days a week to pay the mortgage
LIved in in for Fifty years.
until mom died..then he sold it.
You haven't answered my statement concerning your socioeconomic group, put plainly, what type of work did your father do? Joe Kennedy had NINE children worked a lot of hours etc.
what pare of POOR do you not understand?
dad was a parts manager at a small automobile dealership...in a small town.