Yes, it's annoying. No, they shouldn't have done it. Yes, you can drop the
dime (but they were probably leaving town so what good will that do?). No, I'm
not excusing whever did it. Yes, you could blame the a) absentee landlord, b)
slumlord, c) both of the above. But be aware that housing providers in fact have
little control over their tenants (this still being America, "in loco parentis"
having been abandoned decades ago, and the laws that warmed the heart of the
days when the landlord was truly a lord of the land being almost totally
reversed). And tenants who are leaving or who have left especially so.
Anyway, here's a hot news flash. This is a neighborhood with a high
percentage of students. Every "permanent" person in the area knew it when he or
she moved here. So, it should come as no surprise that in May and August -- and
to a lesser extent in June and September -- people who've been collecting
studently things leave and don't want them any more. It should also come as no
surprise that many of these folks leave on weekends. And, it should be even less
of a surprise that the stuff not only gets left on the street, but gets picked
over and often scattered as a result.
There's good and bad about things like high density, a large student
population, a mixture of private homes and legally licensed row/twin multifamily
conversions. Sure, we'd like to -- I believe this was in a popular 40's song --
accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. But if anyone thought that
this was going to be an urban theme park for people who really wanted Gladwynne
or Paoli with the cache of living just left of Center City, they totally
misunderstood the urbanity of the urban experience.
Always at
your service and ready for a dialog,
Al Krigman Does your community or other nonprofit group want an online Bulletin Board? A free website that anyone can keep current with no more skill than is needed to write and send an e-mail message? Setup and training are also free. For info, e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
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