Rave: Destroying a House

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Hungary Jack
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Rave: Destroying a House

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The little old lady that lived next door passed almost 2 years ago. No one wanted to buy the old wooden house on a tiny city lot, so the city bought the property and will convert it to a private green space for my street, which is great for us.

Yesterday they came to tear down the house. It was great watching the giant backhoe tear into the flimsy wood structure with surgical precision, ripping through giant chunks of wood and plaster like Godzilla squashing a ten storey building. In two days, they tore down the house and carted off all the debris. Just amazing.

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Re: Rave: Destroying a House

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You may find mice around for awhile.

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Leroy wrote:You may find mice around for awhile.
Charlie the Cat will be very pleased about that. He's a natural born killer.

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Hungary Jack wrote:The little old lady that lived next door passed almost 2 years ago. No one wanted to buy the old wooden house on a tiny city lot, so the city bought the property and will convert it to a private green space for my street, which is great for us.

Yesterday they came to tear down the house. It was great watching the giant backhoe tear into the flimsy wood structure with surgical precision, ripping through giant chunks of wood and plaster like Godzilla squashing a ten storey building. In two days, they tore down the house and carted off all the debris. Just amazing.
This is one of the best ideas that cities have ever had. They have done this to hundreds of houses in my home town and it's made a dramatic asthetic difference. Decatur is still pretty ugly (and smelly) but it's came a long way.

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