Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 20, 1975

Transcript:

Geraldo Rivera: At the very root of the Big Apple's problems seems to be the endless exodus of the middle class. "Good Night, New York" is fortunate to have with us tonight Mr. Jamie Dodd, one such fugitive... Jamie, I take it you and your wife have always been anxious to leave N.Y... Man: Oh, no, not at all, Geraldo - in fact, at first, the city seemed a marvelous place for an upwardly mobile couple like us! But then one day lat fall I was promoted to a $45,000 job. That same day, my wife was assaulted in the park, the power went off, and the garbage people went on strike! Geraldo: And suddenly... Man: Right! Suddenly Darien made loads of sense!