TAKING THE DIVE...INTO THE HOOD

I did a fair amount of self debating about actually moving to this neighborhood. To be honest, it's not great...some parts of it are down right scary. But that's what a "transitional" neighborhood is all about right, some parts are good, some parts are not. I was primarily concerned with security. I was debating if I would feel sort of "trapped" in my home and not feel like it was safe to walk around. But I've lived in Philly a while, even the best neighborhoods can have bad things happen in them (when bad things happen t good neighborhoods....sounds like a good title for a book). But hopefully this neighborhood is moving in the other direction...and I hope to be part of the positive trasformative energy. So...here is a pic of the street and the empty overgrown lot that will eventually be my house...