In the first scene of the projects, an IKEA chair (JULES) is in the garbage pile. Part One took place in 1987 but the first IKEA in the area (Elizabeth) opened in 1990.
When Nick Wasicsko stops in Angelo Martinelli's riding to find the incumbent mayor's constituents are putting homemade "Elect Wasicsko" signs on their lawns, a mid/late 1990's Volvo sedan is seen in a driveway (around 42:00), despite the scene portraying Wasicsko before he is elected as mayor in 1987.