On Monday, July 28, 2014 11:19:03 PM UTC-4, Peter T. Daniels wrote:   
      
   > I don't know who any of the characters you mention are, but the housing    
   > situation in 1965 was very different from what it is fifty years later.    
   > There was, for instance, rent control.   
      
   It's time for you to re-read the book.   
      
      
   There was rent control but there was also a bad shortage of apartments,   
   especially decent ones.  Indeed, a common theme of movies of the era was   
   trying to find a decent and affordable apartment in the city.  Both public and   
   private entities were building    
   lots of modern towners, but they had huge waiting lists.   
      
   The book did not touch on Ms. Barrett's life outside of school, other than her   
   mother writing letters of concern for her safety in the city, a concern that   
   apparently Sylvia didn't share.  The movie showed a rough street where Sylvia   
   was warned not to    
   use.   
      
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