Sunday, July 15, 1984

I am still considering the appraisal price of my property, and am still in a state of shock to realize that by staying here in the state, county, city and township for the last four years, I have lost $6,375.00 a tear, That's more than it cost me to live here per year. I don't see how on earth I can financially come out, even if I hung on until the year 2,000, and kept putting money in this place. Probably twenty-five percent of our population has moved elsewhere, and all their houses are vacant. The unemployed people with children, who are still here, are being put in subsidized housing, and the houses they once resided in are vacant.