Foreclosures in our neighborhood. We live at the green dot. In the beginning, they'd have For Sale signs, but now, the banks often don't even bother to list them with a Realtor. The only evidence is that the lights are never on, they look abandoned after a while, or have electrical shutoff notices pasted to the front door. There are blocks on the North side where 80% of the houses are foreclosed and empty.
2 comments:
Wow. That's horrible. A striking image indeed.
Ack! Makes me sad and sick at the very same time.
I read an article somewhere detailing how the lives of non-occupied houses is surprisingly short - only a few months in cold or humid environments. Sure, they'll survive longer, but the damage is often so great that they're not worth repairing. THAT is what scares me the most - all these houses that will be unsafe for living in less than a years time. Then what?
- Meagan
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