Midtown residents find transition is no fun
What happens when some upscale homes are built in what was a not-so-upscale area? Some unpleasant things:
Visit any suburban neighborhood and you're bound to see holiday decorations.
Residents in the newly developed neighborhood of Midtown say they tried the holiday spirit, until someone stole it.
"Every one of these chairs are, if you'll see, it's got the chains. Rocking chairs, they're all chained to the walls in the house," says townhouse owner Richard Denham.
Richard Denham's Christmas lights were stolen last week. He tries to protect himself against thieves, but he couldn't chain Christmas lights.
"It's really ridiculous we have to live like this," Denham says.
Denham says his upscale townhome has been burglarized several times. It's what prompted him to install a motion sensor and siren, and he is not alone.
"I came in the same afternoon to check my lights, and they were stolen also," says nearby resident Marjorie Cerejo.
"I'm not going to put up any this year because I've seen what they've gone through," townhome owner Robert Gray says.
Some say this is just the price you pay for moving into a neighborhood in transition, but residents here insist they had no idea theft would be a daily occurrence.
"When we moved here I didn't know my wife's car would get broken into. I didn't know a transient would be drinking a beer in my garage, stealing my fishing tackle. I didn't know I'd have to spend thousands of dollars on a security gate," says resident Mark Oehl.
Just because some nice homes have been built doesn't mean the not-quite-so-nice people are going to pack up and leave the neighborhood.
But, have no fear because help is on the way: that fabulous new Central Park should be a magnet for the not-quite-so-nice people, when it's all done. Mayor White is truly a visionary!
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 12/14/04 01:21 PM | Print | Comments (0)
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