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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:47 PM Original message |
Upkeep of empty (foreclosed) homes falls to weary neighbors |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. insult to injury - the most unfair part of housing crisis is the impact on neighbors. nt |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Yeah, they have to do lawn work to protect their large investments |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Sounds like you do want sympathy. Many homeowners are "workers" |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. So workers and working poor don' t own houses? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Well excuuuuuse me. Mr. H & I bought our SMALL home & worked like dogs to pay it off. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. all over my neighborhood, dead lawns and white notices taped inside the window. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Sounds like your efforts helped the bank make a sale. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. i couldn't stand it anymore and what worried me was the house getting vandalized. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. deserted houses drive down the equity |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Bill the bank that owns it. |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That's the ticket, lean on 'em! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Good luck. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Bummer |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Well |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Thanks for the advice. |
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exothermic (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. We had one of those in our neighborhood for a while. It mysteriously burned down |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. Turn the bank in to the city for code violations. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Absolutely right! |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. it is beginning to bite! |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. We've been keeping the front lawn of the house next door mowed. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. If it were next to me |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
22. There was a squatter in the home across the street from us. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
23. IIRC, under Common Law, if you maintain a property for 7 years, it's yours. n/t |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
24. Republicans at the end of the block got foreclosed on. Every cloud has a silver lining. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
25. As I do what little local traveling I do I've noticed that the boarded up unmowed |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's Getting To Be A Real Problem In Some Areas |
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