The producers and writers decided to build the new show around a brownstone or an inner-city street, a choice Davis called "unprecedented".[59] Stone was convinced that in order for inner-city children to relate to Sesame Street, it needed to be set in a familiar place.[48] Despite its urban setting, the producers decided to avoid depicting more negativity than what was already present in the child's environment. Lesser commented, "[despite] all its raucousness and slapstick humor, Sesame Street became a sweet show, and its staff maintains that there is nothing wrong in that".[60]