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Both are very "southern" in they're layout to me...compared to most public housing in New England cities. Greater Brook Valley in Worcester too and the old Westbrook Village 'jects in Hartford https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7893...7i13312!8i6656 (these have been abandoned and are being redevloped)
Honestly, while the crime rate isn't too bad, I was shocked walking through some areas of Providence and seeing the amount of abandoned homes, particularly South of Downtown. I remember going down this street.
I think Providence has probably one of the worst looking areas of New England, worse looking compared to the areas around Blue Hill Ave. in Boston. Maybe Hartford has areas that are worse looking? Also, on the discussion of Chelsea, honestly it didn't seem too bad when I went there. I mean, it just looked like a lower-class immigrant community, there's not a lot of abandoned buildings and yeah there are things like visible drug addiction but like you also see that type of thing in Back-Bay but no one considers that ghetto(some people don't like the vibe around Copley square). I guess from my perspective I tend to think that the biggest factor in making area seem undesirable is safety, but especially gun violence. There is some of that in Chelsea but not any worse than Jamaica Plain or East Boston, like there's on average been 2-3 murders a year in that community and for a place with 40,000 people, I don't really consider that bad.
When I clicked on the street view link, I noticed those boarded up houses were cordoned off by a black chain link fence. Then I set the time view to 2007 and the same houses were cordoned off by the same fence. I cruised down to the corner (Pine St.) and there was the same type of fence, cordoning off a cleared vacant lot. There was a an official looking sign sign saying "coming in 2005, duplexes on Pine St." When I dialed back the time view to 2019, the fence was still there but the sign was gone and the lot was totally overgrown--and no townhouses! Wonder what happened, HUD withdrew funding or something? Too bad, I'm sure the city could use more low income housing.
When I clicked on the street view link, I noticed those boarded up houses were cordoned off by a black chain link fence. Then I set the time view to 2007 and the same houses were cordoned off by the same fence. I cruised down to the corner (Pine St.) and there was the same type of fence, cordoning off a cleared vacant lot. There was a an official looking sign sign saying "coming in 2005, duplexes on Pine St." When I dialed back the time view to 2019, the fence was still there but the sign was gone and the lot was totally overgrown--and no townhouses! Wonder what happened, HUD withdrew funding or something? Too bad, I'm sure the city could use more low income housing.
I believe these were some sort of Section 8 or transitional housing units back before the Great Recession and a bunch things fell through like you guessed. But yea, kinda goes to shows people aren't willing to pay the market rate for new things there in that part of town.
My good buddy lives about 200 years away on Parkis Ave and his street has been redeveloped into something nice.
Hes originally from a poor part of Boston and works in Boston but cant afford to live there anymore. he commutes on the commuter rail to Boston from Providence for work everyday. He says its fine.
Both are very "southern" in they're layout to me...compared to most public housing in New England cities. Greater Brook Valley in Worcester too and the old Westbrook Village 'jects in Hartford https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7893...7i13312!8i6656 (these have been abandoned and are being redevloped)
One of the main differences between Chad Brown and the others you mentioned is that Chad Brown is much more dense. Lots of space with the others. At Chad Brown you can very easily get trapped in. You don't want to drive through it - even during the day.
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