Recommended Reading: John Davidson On What Might Be The Nastiest House In The City
The broken door stood open, revealing the horrifying interior of the house: bags of rotting garbage piled 4 feet high, rats and mice and feral cats everywhere, flies swarming around piles of human feces.
And yes, people were living in there, too. But that’s not the half of John Davidson‘s tale of neighborly woe in this week’s City Paper. What’s the other half? L&I! Fun!
August 28th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
L&I is too busy shutting down bars to pay attention to real hazards.
August 28th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Sorry, what I meant to say was “bars that aren’t paying them off.”
August 28th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
I love how the comments deride the author for moving in next to a shithole, call them “gentrifiers,” suggest the neighbors get together and clean it up, etc. Seriously, folks. Wow.
August 28th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
freindlynerd,
I agree that those comments are pretty idiotic but I do feel bad for the young professional white people who bought in Point Breeze and the rougher parts of Kensington before the bubble burst. These neighborhoods are not going to turn anytime soon.
August 28th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Oh really? That’s funny because I live on Federal St. and I like it quite a bit. I’ve watched my neighborhood and home value improve continually since I moved there in 2005.
Don’t worry about my bubble.
August 28th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Gosh, people who are on a budget and genuinely care about their city enough to invest in communities are such idiots! It seems to me that it just wasn’t obvious at the time that the dilapidated house next door was in such a state inside. I don’t think viewing your surrounding neighbors’ interiors is part of the deal, unfortunately.
August 28th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
barry,
I just bought in Point Breeze in April. This neighborhood is turning incredibly fast, hell, by the day. More rehabs actually being completed than north of Washington, where they’re all sitting only half done.