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Orrex

(66,592 posts)
7. Well, there's this:
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:54 AM
Jun 2014
(Neighbor Alberta Ballard) says she complained to the city, which has mowed the lawn from time to time.
Weird that they'd cut the grass and not try to make contact with the property owner.

However, abandoned homes are an epidemic in this country, so this one might have been misidentified. Even homes that are known to be abandoned can present a problem when the owners can't be found or reached.

Sad that he apparently had no family to notice his absence.

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12 year old boys are attracted to vacant homes liberal N proud Jun 2014 #1
Indeed Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2014 #16
Nah... RobinA Jun 2014 #2
I know. The assumption that he will be 'scarred for life' isn't based on anything. randome Jun 2014 #8
I too saw a dead body as a child ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2014 #19
This malaise Jun 2014 #3
Agree get the red out Jun 2014 #4
including the failure of code enforcement pipoman Jun 2014 #5
True malaise Jun 2014 #6
Well, there's this: Orrex Jun 2014 #7
It says he died shortly after moving in muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #9
True malaise Jun 2014 #11
I was just thinking about that .... oldhippie Jun 2014 #10
One of my sisters' neighborhood is like yours malaise Jun 2014 #12
We do have some advantages like that ...... oldhippie Jun 2014 #13
Yep they look after dogs and cats malaise Jun 2014 #15
i live in a condo but i keep pretty much to myself. ellenfl Jun 2014 #17
Bah, 'scarred for life'? Hell, his popularity will be assured for the next year. n/t X_Digger Jun 2014 #14
"Scarred for life"... TeeYiYi Jun 2014 #18
Breaking and entering Codeine Jun 2014 #21
We discovered the body of a deceased homeless guy Codeine Jun 2014 #20
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