ghettopalmetto - It isn't the citys "responsibility" to tear the house down. You are right - it's the previous owners poor decisions that made that home the way it is. However, while not the cities responsibility, the city must do something to get rid of that home - even if it means paying tax dollars to do so. Also, your statement that the house on the right will soon look like the one the left and in need of demo also - that's true. But the homes must be removed because they are abandoned and dilapitated. While it is true it will look like a prairie and no one will build a single home there, that is OK. There is nothing wrong with that. We are at a time where the physical size of the city far outweighs the actual number of residents.