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Old 11-12-2014, 11:37 AM
 
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What do you think about this? It's better or not? What about people's life in the two eras? I'm curious about this subject . Thank you!
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Old 11-12-2014, 08:29 PM
 
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What do you think about this? It's better or not? What about people's life in the two eras? I'm curious about this subject . Thank you!
Wouldn't know about the 40's but found this;
Fascinating glimpse of what life was like in Chicago in the 1940s | Daily Mail Online

1940 census offers glimpse at Chicago's past - Chicago Tribune
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Old 11-13-2014, 08:24 AM
 
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Fantastic schools system and nothing but working and middle class neighborhoods throughout. A much better era overall.
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Old 11-13-2014, 10:02 AM
 
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1940s were tough. People wore onions on their belt, because that was the style at the time. Except there was a regional onion blight, leaving Chicagoans unfashionable and miserable. Then world war 2 started.
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Old 11-13-2014, 12:07 PM
 
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1940s were tough. People wore onions on their belt, because that was the style at the time. Except there was a regional onion blight, leaving Chicagoans unfashionable and miserable. Then world war 2 started.
Having not seen the Simpsons, could you please explain this joke to me? Does it have any factual basis? (Like did people really ever wear an onion on their belt?)
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Old 11-13-2014, 07:57 PM
 
Location: East Central Pennsylvania/ Chicago for 6yrs.
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I think overall it was a better era. They call the ww2 generation the GREATEST ONE. I tend to agree. I do think State street in Chicago might have been more magnificent? Especially during the Christmas season. But OVERALL....I think CHICAGO'S Downtown is greatest TODAY. Also I believe the best neighborhoods that Chicago created were the ones Late 50s early 60s. Love the Bungalow Ranch homes and 2-3 flats built that era. Like in the Northwest side.
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Old 11-14-2014, 05:46 AM
 
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I think overall it was a better era. They call the ww2 generation the GREATEST ONE. I tend to agree. I do think State street in Chicago might have been more magnificent? Especially during the Christmas season. But OVERALL....I think CHICAGO'S Downtown is greatest TODAY. Also I believe the best neighborhoods that Chicago created were the ones Late 50s early 60s. Love the Bungalow Ranch homes and 2-3 flats built that era. Like in the Northwest side.
Downtown (not to be confused with the Mag Mile) was great (even during the 60's). Things started to
slide during the 70's. Some pics.

http://leanerbythelake.com/wp-conten...graph-2426.jpg

http://voices.suntimes.com/wp-conten...0_38517119.jpg

NBC-Chicago Orchestra

The bungalows from 1910-1940 were remarkable. Many people appreciate their history and
craftsmanship and are buying them.
HCBA
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Old 11-14-2014, 11:35 AM
 
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The vast majority of Black people in 1940 lived in the so-called "Black Belt" of Chicago, extending 30 blocks, mostly between 31st and 55th Streets along State Street, but only a few blocks wide. This had been the case since at least 1910, and didn't change until after WWII.
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Old 11-14-2014, 06:18 PM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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What do you think about this? It's better or not? What about people's life in the two eras? I'm curious about this subject . Thank you!
Besides the levels of systematic discrimination against major segments of the population (women and people of color) in 1940, there is also the fact that we were in the Great Depression and about to enter WW2. I don't think life was too great then.
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Old 11-14-2014, 06:34 PM
 
Location: Lincoln Park, Chicago
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Life was hard but now it is pink
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