Quote Originally Posted by Shai_Hulud View Post
I find this facetious.

Any of the neighborhoods that aren't a complete wasteland are only that way because of the residents. Most of the neighborhoods with multi-family housing are hollowed out because the tenants, and land lords jumped ship.

I would like to watch you tell any of the thousands of residents who have been cutting grass, shoveling snow, clearing trash, boarding windows and chasing off scrappers on property that they don't own, and who may have been doing so for years on end, that they need to do something for themselves.

Not facetious. You prove the point in fact.

If you agree some 'hoods aren't complete wastelands because of the residents, then it follows that others ARE WASTELANDS because of the residents.

People matter. People can make a difference.