Reply #52: We Had That Happen [View All]

[RobinA]

This isn't Kelo, but the state condemned a lot of property around us for a reservior. Nice, well kept 18th century farmhouses that had a lot invested in them including historical value, some newer houses, nothing that was even remotely an eyesore. Then they decided not to build. So the houses sit there and rot. Old, once proud homes. They try to rent them out, but not many renters have the money to keep up a farmhouse and the state certainly doesn't want to do it. It's really a shame to see these homes crumble.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that this abandoned property is not producing a lot of tax revenue. They did turn it into a park, which is good, but the state ran people out of homes they had put much time and effort into.