Outlook: Speculation Kills (Washington Post)
Story date: 2007-10-02 04:44:38
Added on: 2007-10-02 23:00:38
"Twenty years ago, the Slavic Village neighborhood of Cleveland was a tightly knit community of first- and second-generation Polish and Czech immigrants. Today, it's in danger of becoming a ghost town, largely because a swarm of speculators, real estate agents, mortgage brokers and lenders saw an opportunity to make a buck there.... The neighborhood wasn't always a haven for criminals -- not ...
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