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In the first season of Boardwalk Empire Jimmy lives with his child and partner, but they aren't married. Would a normal family(IE one where the father isn't a mob boss's son) be able to get an apartment lease in the 1920s (in New Jersey), if the parents weren't married?

by /u/grapp in /r/AskHistorians

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