Garbage is strewn all over the place.  Discarded, feces-stained clothing is scattered in assorted places.  What must be a case or more of water bottles

    The house had been vacant for as long as anyone can remember.  A couple of the locals who had grown up in the neighborhood

Imagine that I am at a local park.  The sun is shining, the air is just the right temperature.  A slight cool breeze blows by