What a place to live - good and bad

Wow. I am late in posting this but an event on the news today prompted me to act. first of all, I took my children to several neighborhoods this Halloween because I promised several customers that we would come by and I must say that the Old Northeast was off of the charts this year. As many of you know, the Old NE has always been one of the top destinations for Halloween revelry, but this year it seemed to be even better than before. it is always wonderful in the 17th Ave NE vicinity, but this year the cheer seemed to be on almost every block. I will post some pictures, I hope, in the coming weeks. My comment on this is that people always ask me why is the Old NE so attractive to people and my response always includes Halloween. This year, the weather was absolutely perfect - it was in the low 70's so you could wear the heavy duty costumes and not be uncomfortable. Maybe most importantly for us Floridians is that I could still wear my flip-flops and a short sleeve shirt to enjoy the fall weather! We saw several skits being put on in front of their homes, we enjoyed cotton candy being made in the yards, and most importantly we enjoyed the company of our neighbors and my kids had a great time - again - in a wonderful neighborhood in St Pete.

On the down side, I saw a video on the news today with 2 kids appearing to be fighting with their parents or guardians 'coaching' and pushing them to fight. I didn't get the full story, but I don't care. this is just great. Parents teaching their kids to fight. We wonder why some of the crimes are committed and why we have so many problems in our Country. Well, this has nothing to do with politics or socio-economic policies. Does anyone really wonder what will happen to these kids as they grow into adults? Do you think they are going to open a door for a date? Do you think they are going to congratulate an opponent in a true sport when they lose?

I know this has nothing to do with real estate, but evidently it happened in Pinellas county and it pains me to see this anywhere. Love your kids, teach them right from wrong, and teach them the value of working and competing hard and fairly. Simple stuff.