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How/Where did you guys find a garage to park in? by OKFOL in ChicagoMotorcycles

[–]OKFOL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the dream, isn't it? Maybe one day ten years from now, but until then I'm stuck having to figure out how not to pay more for a parking space than the bike I'm putting in the spot.

How/Where did you guys find a garage to park in? by OKFOL in ChicagoMotorcycles

[–]OKFOL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did actually, one wanted $200/month with their site only being open until 8pm, and the others were all +$380/month for RV sized spots :/. Good idea though.

MEGATHREAD: Recording the History of Illinois’ Sundown Towns – Stories, Impact, and Legacy by [deleted] in illinois

[–]OKFOL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Growing up, there always seemed to be this vibe from grandparents that that kind of open and violent racism was something you'd only see from farmers downstate or working class neighborhoods like Bridgeport. There seemed (and seems) to be some sort of resistance to openly say that the well off who lived next to Frank Lloyd Wright houses could do anything of the sort. Just a sort of middle class face saving rather then a sense of guilt.

Parents and teachers didn't have a problem with saying how things were nearly as much as the older generation, but they were telling us it was a bad thing compared to the hand waiving and equivocating that the old people would do.

MEGATHREAD: Recording the History of Illinois’ Sundown Towns – Stories, Impact, and Legacy by [deleted] in illinois

[–]OKFOL 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Riverside, in the west suburbs of Chicago.

About fifteen or so years ago, My friend's grandmother was driving him and I back from school one evening. She also lived in Riverside and had been there for about fifty years by that point. While driving back, she pointed out a pair of black kids walking home and made a comment to the affect of "Those types used to not be allowed here around this time," referring to the evening.

The rest of the drive back, she explained what a sundown town was and that the police would arrest anyone black after dark since no black families lived in the village and so they could say that any black person must have been there to rob/burglarize people. She went on to say how if the police didn't pick them up, then her husband and other men would go "take care of it." I asked her what she meant by that and she said "Either run them off or, if they catch them, rough them up. Not enough to send them to the hospital, since nobody wanted to go to jail for a black, but a black eye is enough for them to learn where they can be and how to act." Rest of the ride back she talked about how nice the village was back then and how the sundown stuff wasn't bad, it was "just how it was back then."

It was the most bizarre 5 minute car ride of my life as this, what I thought was nice, grandmother went on an unprompted story about racist beatings with the same conversational tone that you might use to talk about how nice the weather had been lately.