Posts at this website are one of two things: exploring new places, or revisiting somewhere to see how it has changed for better or worse. I decided to explore Hodiamont Avenue in Wells-Goodfellow, which I had first examined closely back in March of 2017. Foliage is doing well, as can be seen above.

I’ve always remarked that seeing abandoned in-fill, as seen above, is particularly depressing because it means an attempt at addressing blight has also now failed. Below, a house has been swallowed by undergrowth.

But what is even more depressing are these two abandoned houses below, which are all that are left of what had been four. When I first looked at them in March of 2017, three of them were almost certainly occupied. What happened? Things are getting worse, not better.

It does have to do with age, as these two ranch houses are still ok, but is it fun living next to abandoned houses and overgrown forests?

Turning the corner onto Kennerly, which I also looked at in March of 2017 and February of 2018, there is still one house holding on but it will almost certainly be demolished.