Comments on: Looking back to childhood places http://www.waltinpa.com/2009/11/27/looking-back-to-childhood-places/ Shooting the Breeze... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:24:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Walt http://www.waltinpa.com/2009/11/27/looking-back-to-childhood-places/comment-page-1/#comment-7561 Walt Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:22:55 +0000 http://www.waltinpa.com/?p=1663#comment-7561 Definitely better off where I am. Seeing where some of my friends wound up in life is a little scary. I have no idea when the house I grew up in was built. It is an old neighborhood in Philadephia so I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised to find the houses falling down after all this time. Even so, its still a bit depressing seeing what the old house has turned into. Definitely better off where I am. Seeing where some of my friends wound up in life is a little scary.

I have no idea when the house I grew up in was built. It is an old neighborhood in Philadephia so I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised to find the houses falling down after all this time. Even so, its still a bit depressing seeing what the old house has turned into.

]]> By: Mike - KnightRid http://www.waltinpa.com/2009/11/27/looking-back-to-childhood-places/comment-page-1/#comment-7522 Mike - KnightRid Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:58:38 +0000 http://www.waltinpa.com/?p=1663#comment-7522 I see this all the time! I never lived in a house until I was in the 7th grade, but the apartments i used to live in are now overrun with morons that we should be allowed to shoot so the gene pool doesnt get any more corrupt than it is! Deterioration of housing is a no brainer! We have borrowed heavily against our semi-detached house to try and get it fixed up and comfortable, but we would probably only break even if we tried to sell right now. Living in the city would have made it impossible to get a loan to remodel anything to our house due to the low values! If nobody sees what is going on and fixes this problem, there will be a LOT of towns taht turn into slums just because people can not maintain a 50-100 year old house that isnt worth enough to pay for the remodelling work! Mike memories are fun, but it seems you are doing better where you are now ;) I see this all the time! I never lived in a house until I was in the 7th grade, but the apartments i used to live in are now overrun with morons that we should be allowed to shoot so the gene pool doesnt get any more corrupt than it is!

Deterioration of housing is a no brainer! We have borrowed heavily against our semi-detached house to try and get it fixed up and comfortable, but we would probably only break even if we tried to sell right now. Living in the city would have made it impossible to get a loan to remodel anything to our house due to the low values! If nobody sees what is going on and fixes this problem, there will be a LOT of towns taht turn into slums just because people can not maintain a 50-100 year old house that isnt worth enough to pay for the remodelling work!

Mike

memories are fun, but it seems you are doing better where you are now ;)

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