Another interesting article regading the Castro brothers, with photos of the INSIDE of the house

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2. Cleveland, Ohio kidnapping case reminds us that neighbours matter

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/07/cleveland-kidnapping-importance-neighbors
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I keep thinking about the neighbors in the Cleveland "miracle" case, the people who lived right next door to the house where Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus were found and appear to have spent a decade in captivity.

One of the neighbors, Charles Ramsey, is rightly being hailed as a hero. He's the one who noticed Amanda Berry screaming for help and ran over and kicked the door down so she could escape. It's hard not to like Ramsey. He retells the story to the news media with calm and "ya know what I mean?" candor, even saying that he ran over to his neighbor's house while holding a McDonald's Big Mac.

But you have to ask, did no one on Seymour Avenue in Cleveland know or even suspect something was awry all these years?

Sure, there's plenty of anecdotal and even numeric evidence that suggests Americans aren't as friendly with their neighbors as they once were. In one telling survey, people admitted they know the names of the pets on their block better than the names of the humans. But the picture emerging of Seymour Avenue still seems pretty close. When Ramsey is interviewed by the press, it's notable how many people – some neighbors – hover right behind him in a big clump.
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What does citizen mean??