Incomes were good, everyone had a job, household savings were above the national average, neighborhoods that now are unimaginably blighted were filled with house-proud families like mine who imagined a wonderful future in which their children and grandchildren would find even better homes, perhaps living in upscale Strathmore, Bradford Hills, Sedgwick Farms, or Fayetteville.

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