Why is Holiday so depressing ? (Beacon Square, Trinity: neighborhood, subdivisions, taxes)

[MortonR]

My inlaws live right off of Flora and 19. Moved there in the early 90s, when it was primarily a snowbird and retirement area. It the time it as nice for what it was. Houses and yards well kept, nice people, nothing special but a decent place for a retiree on a fixed income to live.

Fast forward to now:

Rentals, trashed homes, crack/methheads all over the place, cars parked on lawns (if there's still a lawn), etc., etc. The place is flat ass nasty.

Fortunately, the cul-de-sac the inlaws live on is still all the same retirees with a few new ones. Homes are still well kept and maintained.

I'm not sure how much longer that's going to hold. Someone is going to die or move and the block will get broken by an absentee landlord with crappy renters.

As for 19, well, it's been a nightmare to drive on for years and just keeps getting worse and worse. I hate going over there and do my best to stay away from 19. it will only get worse as the snowbirds return in October/November, as it does every year.

RM

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by MortonR

My inlaws live right off of Flora and 19. Moved there in the early 90s, when it was primarily a snowbird and retirement area. It the time it as nice for what it was. Houses and yards well kept, nice people, nothing special but a decent place for a retiree on a fixed income to live.

Fast forward to now:

Rentals, trashed homes, crack/methheads all over the place, cars parked on lawns (if there's still a lawn), etc., etc. The place is flat ass nasty.

Fortunately, the cul-de-sac the inlaws live on is still all the same retirees with a few new ones. Homes are still well kept and maintained.

I'm not sure how much longer that's going to hold. Someone is going to die or move and the block will get broken by an absentee landlord with crappy renters.

As for 19, well, it's been a nightmare to drive on for years and just keeps getting worse and worse. I hate going over there and do my best to stay away from 19. it will only get worse as the snowbirds return in October/November, as it does every year.

RM

This is what has happened to Westport and i am suing another landlord for renting to trash.

[AES328]

All of west Pasco is a hellhole.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by AES328

All of west Pasco is a hellhole.

True. Never saw the kind of people like i have here. Maybe TNC tops it when it comes to crime.

[rye-rye]

So many parts of Florida, and especially Holiday, grew with no city planning and little regulations. The development form is unstainable, dated, and unwanted....thus people move away and no one whats to move in to revive it. The County has a redevelopment plan for that Corridor but its going to take a lot of work, there is just so much blight. However, Downtown New Port Richey up the road is sort of cute.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by rye-rye

So many parts of Florida, and especially Holiday, grew with no city planning and little regulations. The development form is unstainable, dated, and unwanted....thus people move away and no one whats to move in to revive it. The County has a redevelopment plan for that Corridor but its going to take a lot of work, there is just so much blight. However, Downtown New Port Richey up the road is sort of cute.

Best thing to do is just clean out everything and wipe it off the map west of US19 and 3 miles to the east of 19. Maybe one day a CAT5 storm will do the job and they won't allow any rebuilding within 6 miles of the coast.

[floridagirl777]

We commonly refer to Holiday as "Helladay" and New Port Richey as "New Port Raunchy". Pretty much all of West Pasco is the armpit of Pasco County.

[retiredcop111]

What about Trinity? I know its part of NPR but it was an area that I was looking at. I hear its nice,,,but maybe not?

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by retiredcop111

What about Trinity? I know its part of NPR but it was an area that I was looking at. I hear its nice,,,but maybe not?

It's a hores of a diff color with real homes that cost over 100k , not the tiny run down homes that are 20k.

[retiredcop111]

So in your opinion Trinity is ok then?