Re: "There goes the neighbo(u)rhood"


tinwhistler wrote:
emanuel.landeholm@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I'm wondering about the idiom "there goes the neighbo(u)rhood".

What's the origin of the idiom?

Three sightings of "there goes the neighborhood" by Barry Popik,

[NOTE THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN #1 AND #3]

1. Santa Maria Discovers Southwest
By Richard Corrigan Washington Post Staff Writer. The Washington Post,
Times Herald (1959-1973). Washington, D.C.: Mar 25, 1966. p. B1 (1
page):
"Go back, we don't want to be discovered."
"Well, there goes the neighborhood."

3. Johnson Assails GOP 'Panic-Mongers'; President Campaigns for His
Party Before Enthusiastic Crowds
By Carroll Kilpatrick Washington Post Staff Writer. The Washington
Post, Times Herald (1959-1973). Washington, D.C.: Oct 13, 1966. p. A1
(2 pages):
Pg. A15, Col. 1:
"That sad point is made by an old joke of the day," Mr. Johnson
said. "When two Indians saw the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria
sailing toward their shore, one groaned: 'Oh, Lord. There goes the
neighborhood.'"

I'm thinking that "Santa Maria" in #1 is the same "Santa Maria" in #3's
joke, the joke being the first known usage of the idiom.

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