Point Place is a fictional small suburban town in Wisconsin, somewhere near Green Bay, Wisconsin, in which the television sitcom That '70s Show takes place. The characters speak with an accent, consistent with the inhabitants of Wisconsin. The town is depicted as being extremely small, and many jokes allude to the town's having a dismally low population, although this is sometimes contradicted by other occurrences, such as the town having its own...
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Point Place is a fictional small suburban town in Wisconsin, somewhere near Green Bay, Wisconsin, in which the television sitcom That '70s Show takes place. The characters speak with an accent, consistent with the inhabitants of Wisconsin. The town is depicted as being extremely small, and many jokes allude to the town's having a dismally low population, although this is sometimes contradicted by other occurrences, such as the town having its own mall and police department. It would make sense the town had a population of anywhere from 3,000 to 15,000. According to the episode "Hey Hey What Can I Do," Point Place's economy is largely built around slaughterhouses.
Over the course of the series, Point Place is depicted as transitioning from a small industrial and suburban town into a growing city during the economic downturn of the late 1970s. During the period between 1976 and 1979, small, locally-owned businesses are forced to close as aggressive chain stores move in and rust belt...
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