They're beginning to see illegal activities on these properties, like illegal dumping, and they know that because the city has lost so much population, their costs for water, electricity, gas are rising, because there are not enough people to pay property taxes to help support the services that they need.
不法投棄などの違法行為も 見かけるようになっています これほど人口が減少してしまうと 水道・ガス・電気などのコストも上昇します 必要なサービスの維持を支援する不動産税を 払う人が十分いないのです