Really good contrasts. There are lots of economic contradictions in your city. I particularly like the first one. It has a feeling similar to the picture I used as the banner of Detroit pictures I put on Flickr last fall.
I wonder if the local council are going to buy up streets and rebuild? I've seen that happen in London. I imagine tho it's just a question of the economy and what it can and can't afford.
Sad when a house pretty much dies, isn't it? So many lives lived in it.
They can't even afford to plow the streets, so it is unlikely they will buy up old houses and fix them. What they do eventually is bulldoze them and leave it empty.
The gentrified folk have moved out to the suburbs, leaving the poorer folk, for the most part, in the city so the taxbase is compromised.
Really good contrasts. There are lots of economic contradictions in your city. I particularly like the first one. It has a feeling similar to the picture I used as the banner of Detroit pictures I put on Flickr last fall.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting and very brave from you. I dare not show the bad aspects to Montpellier (there are a lot).
ReplyDeleteI am going to spend three months in Connecticut during the summer.
I like the almost hidden house, it adds mystery ;)
ReplyDeleteI thought the first pic was going to be the theme day for a second. whew.
ReplyDeleteI remember growing up, our neighborhood didnt get plowed. We were told we were not a "snow route" so it wasnt a priority.
Such scenes of established neglect really bring home the point about the condition of the economy there.
ReplyDeleteThank you all!
ReplyDeleteI've been working on my novel so I;m way behind again, so sorry!
Got two more chapters written, though.
Love that first photo. says so much.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the local council are going to buy up streets and rebuild? I've seen that happen in London. I imagine tho it's just a question of the economy and what it can and can't afford.
Sad when a house pretty much dies, isn't it? So many lives lived in it.
They can't even afford to plow the streets, so it is unlikely they will buy up old houses and fix them. What they do eventually is bulldoze them and leave it empty.
ReplyDeleteThe gentrified folk have moved out to the suburbs, leaving the poorer folk, for the most part, in the city so the taxbase is compromised.