Show People Cause Slums IS IT THAT first broken window which is not repaired Is it the door off its l hinges which remains askew Is it that gutter which was surely going to be repaired soon Is it the other little fix up clean up jobs that were never done Is it the unused cars rusting in back yards What makes a fine Cine residential residential residential resi resi- neighborhood IS IT THAT row of spring tulips nodding from a freshly fresh fresh- ly turned flowerbed Is it the clipped green lawns and the back yards free of weeds Is it the new paint on houses rl rt d the litter-free litter streets What makes the difference between a slum and a fine residential neighborhood THE ONLY answer can bein be bein bein in the attitude of the people who live there Houses and neighborhoods are not automatically either slums or fine places to live It is the people who live there who make one or the other In one area the people are content to will wait till tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row or till next year or till the landlord comes and does it for them In the other neighborhood people care enough to get out and do something about the way they live and their homes JUST AS school buildings dont don't make educated people neither do neighborhoods turn into slums People do this PEOPLE HAVE RAVE a habit of becoming a little careless as the years go on Many people have lived in their homes for a number of years and it is easy to let the houses go unpainted just one more year Some day that old car is going to be needed and just the right part will be found to fn get it running again Its It's really a good car It just doesn't doesn't doesn't does does- nt run ron MEANWHILE it sits on the property an eyesore to the neighbors and it becomes one more focal point for the beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning of decay There is a law governing unlicensed cars which says they may not use their front lawns to park their cars or their boats or their trailers |