Why do some of the poor neighborhoods in the east coast/midwest have huge houses? (live, compare)
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I realize I'm about to sound extremely ignorant but... every time I see pictures of houses in East Cleveland, Bridgeport, Highland Park MI, Hartford, etc I can't help but notice that the houses are ****ing huge. People say that they don't get why LA is bad because of the palm trees and green lawns and the fact that they have backyards... why are the houses in these places huge? In Philly, NY and Chicago the houses aren't huge and they look the part, but that's because they're denser. I realize that housing is a lot cheaper in the midwest but... if you're already living in gigantic houses then why do people always say that the east coast slums look terrible?
Pictures I'm referencing:
^East Cleveland
^Highland Park
^Bridgeport
Compare that to LA or the bay...
Even Oakland, which has the most east coast-looking architecture in CA, isn't like that...
I've noticed that too, I think it's because those places weren't always bad. I know my old neighborhood used to be nice up until the 70's, it's still bad but not crack-era bad, there's some big houses.
Because the slums of most cities started off as affluent suburbs, and thier remnants remain.
True...
Having been to Gary and Chitown numerous times, though, some of these other places still look like the suburbs in comparison. It's when you're actually there that you know they're not.
Because the slums of most cities started off as affluent suburbs, and thier remnants remain.
True, as many were streetcars suburbs that were annexed into the city or were neighborhoods that were the affluent parts of the city in their earlier stages or booms.
Like MANY above have said, most of these ghettos were once upper-middle class suburbs prior to the 70's.
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