Another cost of living chart

[Teacher Terry]

I was there at the same time and never thought crime was bad but hey grew up there so maybe just used to it)

[aja8888]

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Originally Posted by Teacher Terry I was there at the same time and never thought crime was bad but hey grew up there so maybe just used to it)

I flip-flopped a lot between Detroit and Kenosha where we had a manufacturing plant much smaller than the Kenosha works. I was in charge of plant engineering at the time and had responsibility for Detroit also.

Crime in Detroit at that time (mid - late 1970s) was all about the drug trade with daily executions. I believe that Detroit won the prize for the city with the most murders in the U.S. (but many were not found as they were in the river).

Kenosha had softer crime at the time; gambling, numbers rackets, prostitution, assaults, etc.

[Blue Collar Guy]

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Originally Posted by aja8888 Kenosha had softer crime at the time; gambling, numbers rackets, prostitution, assaults, etc.

Some people would even consider the first 3 not to even be criminal. Back in the bad old days ,the boss would throw you out of the station house if you brought in a gambling arrest. You were needed to stop the robberies , assaults and such.

[Teacher Terry]

I think my Dad said at one point the MOtors had 20k employees and people came from all over for the jobs. Kenosha only had about 60k population then. Many people commuted from other towns to work there. When my Dad retired 43 years ago his pension and SS was 24k which was a fortune. he did have over 30 years in. Then when he died my Mom got a reduced pension. They also got Cadillac health insurance until they were all dead. My Aunt is still getting it. My Mom was told that a certain group of retirees kept their premier insurance every time the company was sold because it was a promise to the older retirees. The other retirees saw their coverage change with every sale.

[aja8888]

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Originally Posted by Blue Collar Guy Some people would even consider the first 3 not to even be criminal. Back in the bad old days ,the boss would throw you out of the station house if you brought in a gambling arrest. You were needed to stop the robberies , assaults and such.

That's why I said "soft" crime.

We had a guy in the plant named "Frenchie" who was supposed to a janitor. He would go all around the machines and pick up bets from the operators. Then he would leave the plant (without punching out) and head into town to place the bets. Then in the afternoon, the process was repeated with the second shift. I never saw him clean anything in the years I was there.

[Teacher Terry]

The first 3 things are legal in NV)

[aja8888]

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Originally Posted by Teacher Terry The first 3 things are legal in NV)

I know, I spent some time in Tonapah and the surrounding area.

[timo2]

So I typed in my area and data in the custom fields, and the data drills down to specific census tracks

[Teacher Terry]

Timo: I tried to do that but it never gave me any information.

[timo2]

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Originally Posted by Teacher Terry Timo: I tried to do that but it never gave me any information.

I had that issue initially also. I went ahead and clicked on the New York example. Once that loaded I used the edit function to change the parameters.