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All great ideas and thoughts and ya, maybe George Sellios did go over the top, but not by much. I was born in Memphis Tenn and still remember the filth and garbage and grime that was down town, back street Memphis at that time. Back in the late 40's and early to mid 50's, most large "deep south" southern cities were still in a state of depression and very high un-employment. They never really recovered from the depression years of the thirties and "urban renewal" was very much out of the question. you could even walk down main street Memphis and encounter hookers plying their trade in broad daylight, mostly to Navy guys from the Millington Navel Air Station who were in town on liberty. The stench was unbelievable and there was busted streets and sidewalks everywhere. Vacant lots were full of garbage and broken down or stripped cars. The streets were full of tra***hat the city couldn't afford to remove on a regular basis. Most homes in the surrounding area, were old wood structures that were built long before WWII. If you walked down Mainstreet, at almost every intersection, you would encounter Hookers on at least 2 street corners, Street Corner Evangelist , trying to save everyone who would listen, on another corner, and on the 4th street corner, would be bums trying to separate you from your loose change and proclaiming the end of the world on at least 3 differant days. It was really bad times in the Deep South. It wasn't until the late 60's or early 70's that Urban Renewal really took off in those Deep Southern cities with, I believe, Atlanta GA leading the way.The Northeastern Cities had been on that trek far longer and were years ahead of the South in getting rid of the old, rundown, depression era parts of these cities. George really isn't that far over the top for a depression era layout.
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