Epiphany Estates

08Mar08

This job has a social observation benefit to it that I wasn’t told about. It’s really eye opening and one of my favorite parts of the job.

After treating a HUD apartment complex in Northern Kentucky, I learned the following things.

  1. The VHS tape format is not dead.
  2. Once inside the apartment, there is no algebraic equation to explain the connection between smell and appearance. It’s a grab bag of contradictions & “I knew its.“
  3. My white trash girl fetish wasn’t as strong as I thought.
  4. Aluminum foil & wire hangers are still a cable box alternative.
  5. Day time TV doesn’t suck, it just knows its audience really really well.

This is not an elitist post, mocking those in poor living conditions. A few of the residents made better homes of their space than some people do with a nice house.

The observations are just that, observations.


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  1. 1 Reeny on March 8, 2008 said:

    I’ve had the oppertunity, as well, to see some section 8, type homes and I, personally, am ashamed of the way my house can become. Al and I have a nice home and we have four kids but it seems like I can never keep a clutter-free house. Some of these people have the same number of kids we do but their homes, on the outside seem meager, but on the inside you would think it was a palace! I could only hope to be as thoes few, lower income, people are. :)

  2. 2 Romi on March 8, 2008 said:

    My white-trash guy fetish is as strong as ever, and I don’t think anything could shake that ;-)

  3. 3 M. Wade Nichols on March 9, 2008 said:

    Reeny: You do good for how many young ones you have working against you :) Once they become a little older and as you continue to teach and raise them, the house should start looking better and better. Now if they’re 13+ and your house is still a wreck, then you did something wrong :)

    Romi: To clarify. The low bar of standards isn’t as low as I thought. I can still appreciate a good ponytail with split ends, raggedy shirt with spots of dirt and/or blood, cuss words with a cigarette tongue & eyes that age her 10 years more than her real age :)

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