Demolition of Northside House

Lately I've come across two houses in the Northside area of Syracuse being torn down. This gives me mixed feelings.

They are probably past the point of repair and have been abandoned for so long that it's a good thing that they are being removed. The people who live in abandoned houses are very destructive. They tear things up and break stuff for the fun of it. The house is probably saturated with body fluids and garbage if they are tearing it down.

It's so sad that any house is allowed to get to this point. I am the rental agent for a lot of apartments and houses in that area and most of the houses are well built and charming, though in need of some TLC.

But it's better to have an empty lot than a bunch of crack heads and I hope that weeding out these places will help improve the neighborhood.