CrustyOldFart wrote:What we all fear is our neighborhood turning into a ghetto!
There are rich ghettos and there are poor ghettos, but there are a few things that you'll find in most ghettos:
1) Excessive clutter - Houses are not properly cared for. People park cars on the street or in their yards. Trash is allowed to accumulate.
2) Excessive noise - Loud music. Barking dogs. Loud vehicles.
Obviously to care for houses some noise must be made, but the point is that in good neighborhoods consideration is the norm, not the exception. Good neighbors keep their noise to themselves. That's a slogan worth living by. The problem is that people raised in ghettos don't understand the meaning of consideration and when they move into a good neighborhood they often bring the ghetto with them.
People generally get what they deserve. Neighborhoods that are cluttered and noisy generally wind up being neighborhoods with high crime rates. One failure leads to another. It's important to treat others with respect and consideration. What you don't want is to contribute to a downward spiral. Upward spirals are much better for everyone. There's no such thing as avoiding change and change is always either for the better or for the worse.