http://p.castfire.com/fcieq/video/26078/26078_2008-09-25-215549.flv
New KCET series “SoCal Connected” travels to the Inland Empire — or as the show has redubbed it, “Foreclosure Alley” — to document the impact of the current housing mess. It ain’t pretty. Correspondent Lisa Ling writes:
SoCal Connected tracked down some surreal sights associated with the crisis – a company that specializes in removing whatever people leave behind in their foreclosed homes. The process is called a “trashout” – a term the company came up with because it perfectly describes what happens. Everything that’s left is dumped in a trailer and taken to the landfill.
Then there’s the guy who started a business to spray-paint dead lawns. That’s right. He paints brown lawns green. We also tag along with a couple of code enforcement officers who are spending more and more of their time having to drain slimy, abandoned pools.
Have we hit bottom yet? What will “bottom” feel like?
