"An entire street of boarded up, foreclosed houses."

Carl Stevens of WBZnews radio reports with footage from Meeting House
Hill in Dorchester. It's worth it to see. It is one thing to read about all of the causes and repercussions of
foreclosures, but it's quite another to see the visual effect of how
the crisis is playing out in some neighborhoods, where tripledecker
homes, one after another after another, have been boarded up. Take a
look, let me know what you think.

You may also want to read the
editorial in today's Globe which points to a "virus of foreclosures" in the same neighborhood. (Thanks to Chris for pointing the editorial out for me via a comment on an earlier post. Click here, scroll down for his comment).

Here's my question: The Globe's choice of words to describe the changes in this neighborhood is important. This neighborhood is by all appearances ailing, some might even say dying. How does this visual affect the youth in that neighborhood? How do we involve them in the discussion and in the effort to build the solutions? So that it doesn't seem hopeless. So that they can envision the neighborhood vibrant again. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks to Universal Hub for the initial post.