Garden District Blight

[Why?Town]

I agree

[northside lurker]

When I think of blight, I think of something like this:

(not on the city's demolition list)

I don't think this should be considered blight:

(on the city's demolition list)

[Why?Town]

Blight, when referring to urban areas, is generally a state of neglect and disrepair, usually due to people leaving an area or being unable to afford upkeep.

Therefore it isn't a stretch to refer to empty houses, boarded up windows and tall grass as blight.

The thing the west side has going for it is that it has the least blight of any side of town and that any effort there would yield greater returns than the same amount of work elsewhere.

[northside lurker]

This is only my opinion, but there is really VERY LITTLE blight in the Garden District Neighborhood.  There are some vacant houses, and some have been butchered over the years (aluminum/vinyl siding, replaced windows that don't match the original opening size, etc.) and so lack the charm that an intact old home has.  But I wouldn't call those blighted.  It seems to me that the definition of blight is being stretched to mean any house that is empty, has some boarded windows, and tall grass.

[Towntalk]

Housing Blight

http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/mar/08/neighborhood-revival-blossoms-on-west-si/