I am so happy -- and frankly relieved -- for the families that avoided eminent domain near Ordean ("Ordean plan changed to quell neighbors' ire," Jan. 13). It proved that many voices can change the course of a neighborhood. I congratulate all those who spoke out!
Now hear me. I have lived about a mile away from the University of Minnesota Duluth for many years and have witnessed, firsthand, not eminent domain exactly, but the uncontrolled free-market turnover of
single-family homes to boarding houses. Like hundreds of other homeowners, I have spoken out loudly. But those who could help wouldn't listen, and over the past seven years the following neighborhoods have experienced an enormous exodus of families to Hermantown, Rice Lake and beyond: East Hillside, Central Hillside, Chester Park, Endion, Congdon, Hunters Park, Woodland and Kenwood.
The trickle-down effect? The issues facing those living around Ordean. The point? No neighborhood is an island.
Patrice Bradley
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