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WoW!! That's a nice looking back yard :0)
Oh wow, that's sad...all the work you put into your old home to make it beautiful & someone else comes and takes a big dump all over it. So sad....
wow that is scary what can happen to a lovely home. yikes!
smiles, bee
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Love your book reviews. Aside from the fact that they're well written and interesting in and of themselves, it makes me realize how little reading I get done. You inspire me!
Mr Mudpuppy emailed me that ugly, sad pic earlier, and I couldn't believe how awful. You guys put so much into that back yard. People suck.
Looks like you got out by the skin of your teeth. What was that in the neighbor's yard - an air conditioner? Classy. I might have gone for an antique wagon with flowers in it, but that's just me.
wow...those photos are quite shocking,in just 3 years? Very sad indeed.
Totally relate... we bought a house in a "transitional neighborhood" in DC.
One day I have to go out back and stop the hooker and the customer from having sex in an abandoned car next door.
Be thankful you are out of there. We sold and lost money, but at least I don't have to deal with used condoms in my backyard every damn day!
"make out were elbows and assholes in the dust"
BWAHAHAHAHA!!
We bought our house in 2004 and we got it at a good price but we got screwed with the our flood insurance which is DOUBLE DOU-BBBBLE our regular home owners insurance and the effin thing keeps going up!
How many times has our area actually flooded? My neighbor who has lived in his house for almost 30 years says never! But we have to have it by law.
Yep, we did exactly the same,we needed a garden for the kids, but primarily where we were living got like the wild west.We kept checking on the old house to see if they were looking after it properly,
Oh1 that's sad. 
I have always loved your book reviews, and I read them at my leisure. You may not know but let me tell you that you are my ideal in writing. One day I want to write as beautiful as you do.
Send me some tips if you have any.
Good Day.
It's mind boggling that someone could just let it degrade like that. I guess it would be hard keeping the front lawn tidy when all your botanical effort is getting squandered on the hydroponics setup inside though.
Because the weed(s) seem to be flourishing!
This is so messed up. Unfortunately it happens everywhere. It happened in the home I grew up in which was on the west side of Salt Lake City. It's happening to the neighborhood I live in now in Idaho. People just seem to think the American dream is something that is handed to them, and they don't realize you have to earn it and work for it and fight for it (and sometimes, water, fertilize, and mow it). Awesome blog. Keep up the good work. -TNO
Sigh sob boohoo...you were one of the few good things about my move to Elk Grove. And now I'm getting out too!!!
I was in Elk Grove once....served as a fly mask for a horse during a horse show.
How come I haven't been to your blog before?!?! Very funny!
Ooops! I must not have closed the link to that post. What a boob!
Another thing I don't miss having moved back here to Northeast Nowhere. Luckily the mortgage problems haven't hit locally yet. The banks & realtors here tend to ensure you can comfortably afford your house. The southern & coastal areas are being his though, although the coastal areas do better than the south part of the state in the cities.
I'm sorry about your old neighborhood...I hope the new place is a keeper! Thanks for sharing the cell phone video....very funny.
Wow, you lived in a crack house! Pre-crack, of course. Well, I assume. lol
I've been complaining about the real estate market for 10 years. About that time, people around here started regularly using real estate agents to sell their homes, and it has fucked it up completely. I saw the downturn a 1 1/2 yrs ago when places near us (a VERY desirable country area between two towns with a tiny local school that is almost private school level) started sitting on the market for months on end. Previously, a listing for an undeveloped 1 acre lot at $20k would go in a matter of days (I know for most places that's cheap, but $6K was a high price for land here until the real estate agents came in). NOT anymore!
I'd tell you it was unbelievable, but I've seen it happen so many times over the years. I don't get it. Why would anyone make an investment like a home and turn it into trash?
Blame the bank for that house now. They let them sit and rot for up to years before they sell. They want to make the largest profit possible on the REO, so they wait and wait for a better offer and won't sink another dime into maintaining it.
Sacramento looks like a war torn city too. Perhaps we need some ordinances to make sure the banks are required to maintain the properties in a safe condition.
oh my gosh...amazing how fast a house can fall into ruin when it isnt cared for. Isnt it sad to go back to an old home and realize that those who came after you didnt love it properly?
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