thanks for the replies.
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Originally Posted by llamaorama
wow rough
What's this part of town's story?
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a lot of neighborhoods suffer from poverty, capital flight, highways, and a cross exchange of illegal liquor sales which in turn cover/invite drugs and prostitution. in several of these areas (Olde Town and Harrisburg especially) you can go from a block of $25-50,000 houses and one block over they're $250,000 houses.
more specifically by neighborhood:
Olde Town - my neighborhood; according to my neighborhood association things were a lot worse 3-5 years ago with open drug dealing and prostitution. then a cross section of residents came together and started taking back the neighborhood. there's still some spotty area, mostly near East Boundary. pic #65,
Kahrs Groery is close to my place; it's a 150ish year old former hotel/grocery that's been vacant 30 years. it's ripe for redevelopment
East Boundary - several housing projects/nearby heavy industry and high crime areas.
Harrisburg - the last two textile mills operating in Augusta, already downsized over the decades, closed in 2006, due to economic decline and the Graniteville mill disaster in nearby Aiken, South Carolina, when a train derailed and a toxic spill killed several people.
Gordon Highway - Regency Mall lost business to Augusta Mall and lost more due to crime. low rent hotels where sex offenders can live also drives away business.
Bethlehem/South Augusa - heavy industry/loss of industry.
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