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kane · 06-14-2009, 04:28 PM

It doesn't surprise me a bit. People move and areas get abandon, there is no reason to keep them up and try to maintain/police them if they are just barren land.

The town I grew up in was really small (about 2,000 people) and there was an area of it that had about 10 old abandon houses in it. Nothing there worth while. All that ever happened there was kids getting into the houses to drink, party and screw. So when I was in high school the city just bulldozed it all and left it an open field. Now 25 years later the city has grown to around 7,500 people. About 10 years ago the city sold that land to a developer who build a really nice housing community there. They were still building on that land as recent as last year.

they saved money by plowing it down then made money later selling it and bringing in new home owners who pay taxes.

06-14-2009, 04:28 PM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	It doesn't surprise me a bit. People move and areas get abandon, there is no reason to keep them up and try to maintain/police them if they are just barren land. The town I grew up in was really small (about 2,000 people) and there was an area of it that had about 10 old abandon houses in it. Nothing there worth while. All that ever happened there was kids getting into the houses to drink, party and screw. So when I was in high school the city just bulldozed it all and left it an open field. Now 25 years later the city has grown to around 7,500 people. About 10 years ago the city sold that land to a developer who build a really nice housing community there. They were still building on that land as recent as last year. they saved money by plowing it down then made money later selling it and bringing in new home owners who pay taxes.