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Originally Posted by gocubsgo
You are missing my point..when you said there are a few houses here and there, why? Why does TV allow a few here and there in Silver Lake? You would never see these run down abandoned houses in say Tall trees, Glenbrook or Mira Mesa. They would never be allowed to turn into broken window houses like they are here. We pay our taxes and amenities fees here in SL just like everyone else..why do we have to live next to these houses for years on end?
The house with the tree coming out the roof was actually purchased a few months ago. The inside was covered in mold as well and these people paid $100.000 for this house! Wow! Probably the worst example of one of these houses where trees are growing in the gutters is on Jeffery, right after you come through the gate on the right side. There are only 3 or 4 houses on that street so it's easy to spot...look for the pile of moldy furniture thrown under the carport! This is the one where the front door was off and the neighbors think squatters were living in it for awhile. Now, again..why do we have to live with this sight?
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I agree that something should be done about these house, but I am not missing the point. I was responding to your post calling Silver Lake the Reverse Mortgage capital of the world and is a horrible rundown neighborhood that is so unlivable that you are forced to move out. From the sound of your post one gets the impression that every other house here is abandoned and in in horrible condition and that the neighborhood is unlivable. You also said to take a ride down Schwartz and see how many there are. You didn't say whether they are on East Schwartz or West Schwartz but only East Schwartz has sections in Lady Lake. As I said, I took a ride down Schwartz. I didn't do this specifically because of this post, I ride about seven miles through these neighborhoods about four or five days a week so I just tried to take more notice this time. As I said, I saw two, possibly three house that are in foreclosure. You were implying that there were many. If there are more, I'd like to know the addresses.
Secondly, you keep ranting about how "The Villages" should do something about this. I don't know that the Villages has any power to do anything. The VCDD might be able to do something, but I don't know about that either.
You also go on throwing out hypotheticals about if this was happening in other villages something would be done about it. Unless it has happened in other villages and The Villages treated those cases differently there is no way to prove that so it's not even worthy of discussion. And in fact I believe that some people have reported that it is going on in other villages. I lived in a very nice upper middle class neighborhood in Massachusetts. One of the $500,000 homes on my street went into foreclosure. It sat and deteriorated for several years. I talked to the bank and they said that their hands were tied. Until the courts ruled they were not allowed to set foot on the property. Many of the neighbors were upset and a few even went over and mowed the lawn so that it wouldn't look so bad. So this happens every where, not just in Silver Lake.
You say that I'm biased because I am not going to move. I am just not happy about someone starting false rumors about my neighborhood. This kind of talk will drive down prices faster than anything.