I'll never forget my grandmother and my mother in the living room watching Ronald Regan. 

"They're defunding the mental institutions..."

"Yep. It won't be right away, but in about 30 years, you're gonna see crazy people roaming the streets in droves. It won't be safe to go out any more." 

I had no real idea what they were talking about, but I remember it was a big deal, and now here we are, seeing the impacts of that.