@ThankYouforHelp Could you explain what “psychological incentive” I might have to romanticize Chicago? Then as now, it has flaws. I was just pointing out that it was a unique place in the 70s and 80s, just as it is today.
And having gone on to graduate school, I can attest that the College wasn’t like graduate school, then or now. We weren’t treated as graduate students and many students were well adjusted.
@JBStillFlying Like the term “ghosts”. From my recollection, even back in the “bad old days,” Chicago wasn’t impossibly difficult. You could still pull a B without killing yourself. And I also recall having a lot of fun and enjoying the City. And as the drinking age was “18” back then, I also have fond memories “elevator” parties at Woodward Court. Then again, I may be experiencing “false memories” as @ThankYouforHelp has suggested. Guess it is my “psychological need” to cover up some deep trauma from the days before Chicago became cool.