Moving Daze, Part VI - Scenes from the Downtown

These photos aren't as good as last year, my car overheated/was spewing radiator fluid and I gave up taking pictures . . . but here's a few snapshots of the craziness . . .

First of all, the tenants always get blamed for the mess downtown, but I just want you to know, the landlord made this mess!

 

The house happens to be across the street from me, and as a television crew and I were standing on my porch doing an interview, they were throwing things out of the second story of the building.  There's more . . . the neighbor behind this house was kind of beginning to worry, how much more crap could they have in the house!  This was theirs too . . .

 

While the downtown is jammed with moving vans and vehicles and anything with wheels you can load things into  . . . (my personal favorite so far this year, the Jaegermeister truck!  Unfortunately, didn't have my camera on me when I saw it.)

Some people chose to move/were stuck moving by foot . . . 

 

Others, were just stuck not going anywhere.  Part of the August 14th "homeless problem" . . .

 

Which is a little different than our city's real homeless problem . . . (mom and son with no where to go, sitting on street by Salvation Army August 14th, 2009)

But the big story every year is about the trash . . .

 

Which is sometimes treasure, sometimes obviously not . . . 

Sometimes harder to tell . . .

 

But nothing is as frustrating is trying to get somewhere . . .

 

So those who try to make a little fun out of the day are much appreciated!  (And no thank you, I don't need a monitor, but thanks for asking!)