Mid Summer's Night Dream

Jerry,
I suspect it was like you describe in a lot of different places, the amount of action depending on the amount of local development and the size of the population.

I grew up in the western suburbs of Chicago and suspected there was a lot going on, car wise, but what I discovered after getting my license in July of 67 was incredible.

In some respects it was very much like American Graffiti, with lots of cars clustering in drive-ins, cruising a loop and so on. And there was a lot of drive ins to pick from.

There was a Tops Big Boy that was strictly car hop service, no indoor seating, that probably held about sixty cars. So many people would just drive in, park and not buy anything that they put in a tollgate.

While there was a fair amount of kids in their parent's cars there was also quite a lot of modified cars, from mild to wild, a few were full on drag cars with plates hung on them, some show quality, those cars you only saw on Sat. night.

American Graffiti is a good watch anytime, but I really like watching it this time of year when it damn cold out with snow on the ground, a brief flash of happiness helping you through the cold and gloomy season until the warm weather returns.