San Diego Escorts: Pride goes long way in Azalea Park

July 15, 2010 at 5:36 am | In San Diego escorts | No Comments

Walters is president of the Azalea Park Neighborhood Association. He knew no one when he bought his home in 1985 for $68,000. Then he threw a “mortgage-burning party” in 2003 and was floored to find out he knew enough neighbors to invite 80, and that 40 actually attended.
Azalea Park in mid-city San Diego is that kind of place.
A place where people band together to prevent drug deals, spruce up houses and clear brush in surrounding canyons. A place where scores gather for potlucks and, come summer, march in San Diego’s Pride parade to show solidarity with the gay community that has become so closely connected to this neighborhood.
It wasn’t always this together.
In the 1980s, Azalea Park was known mostly for drug dealers and prostitutes. To combat this, police officers increased their patrols significantly and residents walked the streets in groups at night to confront, shame or pressure the people in purported drug houses and gang hangouts to change or move.

See the full article from “San Diego Union Tribune”

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