Third World Next Door

John here.

Carolyn's friend Linda was in town for a visit last weekend. She is married to a US diplomat so she knows first hand what the Third World looks like. Sitting on Carolyn's front porch and looking at 6003 N. Otis, she said: "Carolyn, you live next door to the Third World."

Linda deduced that from just the look of the place, without the further information regarding the 31 visits by Code nonEnforcement and the 62 violation notices.

Here is what she would see today. First the gate blocking the sidewalk out front:

Then the fence "repair":
And the fencing on the ground over the sewer "repair":
And the weeds out back, now concealing the downed vent pipe:
And two views of the "paint" job and weeds:
And here, from July 17, is a view of the trash behind the shed:
Nice tire and toilet, eh?

I think they should require the feckless Mr. Davidson from Code to live next door to this for a few weeks and see if it wouldn't inspire him to actually do his job.