Forgotten but Not Gone: In Ghost of a Neighborhood, the Few Who Stay Say City Neglects Them
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By Suzette Hackney, Detroit Free Press  Mar. 12--Gone from this northeast Detroit neighborhood are most of the two-bit drug slingers and gangsters who took over houses for their trade, shot off their guns in broad daylight and terrorized anyone who dared to speak up.
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BAGHDAD, March 9 -- On a pile of bricks, someone had left a pink plastic flower, a pair of glasses and a book with crisp, white pages. They glowed in the black debris of Mutanabi Street, which by Friday had become a graveyard of memories. At 9:03 a.m., a man in a rumpled brown suit walked past dark...
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EXETER, England  - If local legend is true, there  are almost as many ghosts wandering the streets of the ancient  English city of Exeter as there are people.
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BASED SIMPLY ON its tired premise and atmosphere, &quot;The Forgotten&quot; should be every bit as forgettable as its name. With so many elements - from its chilly autumnal setting to the
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The mayor, at the end of his State of the City address on Thursday, cited a passage from Philip Roth's latest novel, "Exit Ghost." But the novel is not nearly as optimistic about New York City as the passage along would suggest.
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PASS CHRISTIAN, Mississippi  - When hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans it also ravaged a series of small towns. Nearly two years later they have faded from the spotlight but are still struggling to rebuild.
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Itâs all about location. As one Generation Y worker said, âIt doesnât make sense to have a great job in a crummy city.â
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Some homeowners learn from their mistakes. Others don't.
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The nation's foreclosure crisis has led to a painful irony for homeless people: On any given night they are outnumbered in some cities by vacant houses, and some street people are taking advantage of the opportunity by becoming squatters.
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By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 15--They haven't disappeared entirely.
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If local legend is true, there are almost as many ghosts wandering the streets of the ancient English city of Exeter as there are people.
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The women began disappearing from Vancouver's seediest streets in the 1980s, hookers and dope addicts abandoned on the margins of society. Desperate friends and families were outraged when the police appeared to do little to find them.
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A Berlin neighborhood known for its baby boom reveals that in a nation with a graying population, treasure hunts often end in disappointment.
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By Richard Salit; Journal Staff Writer  NEWPORT - The sun, a pale ghost of itself, struggles to climb above the horizon. The temperature hovers slightly above zero, and the wind whips mercilessly out of the northwest.
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When cities run out of valuable real estate, planners look up. The search for green space is no exception.
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Townspeople had a hard time squaring an unsavory past with their wholesome self-image.
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Twice a day, the tourists come. They smile -- striking poses on the severed porch just yards from where Robert Green says Ditty died with his two kids. Two years after Green lost everything -- family and possessions -- the gawkers are another reminder of just how far from normal his life is after Katrina.