“The frustration is when guests come to your house, the frustration is when my mother sat on that porch and had to look outside.'
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Ask Howard Biggins, and he’ll tell you the abandoned house next door is an eyesore and a safety hazard. Biggins and his family have had to live with the collapsed house on Rhode Island Drive in Jacksonville’s Westside for years.Jacksonville man claims racial stereotyping at local Wendy’s
Biggins and his neighbors worry curious kids will go into the former home and get hurt. He also worries the next hurricane that blows through will send debris from the abandoned house crashing through neighbors’ windows. “Would the mayor want to live next to that?” Biggins questioned. “They don’t even do what we pay them to do.”