[kosciusko51]

Fred,

That is probably the right time frame. He was in the streets, trying to keep order, and suffered abuse from the locals.

K51

[FredZarguna]

The Hill District was extremely nasty at all times. It was an enormous government housing project.

It got worse and worse over time. In the early/mid-sixties they had poor whites in one part of the complex, Pitt students and grad-students in another, Puerto Ricans in another, and Blacks everywhere else.

I went back there a few times to see unfortunate friends who were still living there as late as 1972. They were constantly harassed. In most of the rest of the 'Burgh people get/got along pretty well.

No doubt the constant agitation will eventually make every city a hell-hole. Still, of the places I've lived in PA; Philly, Allentown, Harrisburg, York, and Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh was by far the most harmonious.