Thank you very much for those data. It does line up with my experience. > Is there a drug or industrial pollution problem? Are folks from the city buying up yo

Thank you very much for those data. It does line up with my experience. > Is there a drug or industrial pollution problem? Are folks from the city buying up your housing stock? Yes, there are major substance abuse and lead contamination issues in our area. In fact, my mother works for the city administering a federal HUD lead abatement grant. There are many local and outside investors who buy up housing stock with the intent to rent it, so that could partially explain the rising prices despite the lowering population. [8], yes, although there was a major flood in 1972 resulting in much of the downtown being destroyed along with damming by the US army corps of engineers upstream, which lowered the river depth, so it's not quite navigable by a supertanker. Although, we are well connected to the Norfolk Southern rail line.