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Do We Care About Our Community?

Amid graffiti hitting the streets, a blogger questions the community's fortitude.

I want to know what is being on the Salvation Army, located on Pechin Street. Or how about the on the low-income houses on the same street, not to forget in many more places in the Roxborough area. No one has addressed this issue to my knowledge. Why? It is everyone's issue.

Have you heard of the broken window theory? If you have, then you know where I am going with this... If not then I will explain...

A window is broken on an empty house. Someone repairs the window, but the window breaks again, and yet someone repairs the window. This shows those that life in the area comes through: Even though the house is empty, we care. If the window is not repaired, then we are showing those same people that we don't care. And before long it won't just be the window—it will be graffiti, trash, and anything else you want to add to the list.

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So I ask you: Do we care about the area in which we live or do we just not care?

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