Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008
UK is like this all over, especially up North
Yahoo News!: Cities grapple with surge in abandoned homes
WORCESTER, Massachusetts (Reuters) - On Lagrange Street in New England's second-largest city, two brick apartment buildings stand side-by-side in varying stages of decay -- boarded up, "No Trespassing" signs affixed, paint peeling. Across the street, a condominium complex is on the brink. Three of its eight apartments are in foreclosure. Like many cities in the United States where the home vacancy rate has scaled its highest since records began in 1956, the former textile mill city of Worcester in Massachusetts is turning to the courts to fight back.
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1. doomwatch said...
Nottingham is like this now. Leeds, Sheffield & Bristol in a year ?
2. it_is_going_with_a_bang said...
And where was this 'Mayor' when all the money was changing hands?
Rubbing his hands and claiming what a great time everyone is having - until suddenly they are not and the problem is in his face.
Double standards.
Where were these 'voices of reason' when this was going on? Stuffing steaks and drinking beer i would imagine.