text: I've been gone, when do think we last had a beautiful city?    
  
  A thousand free weed whackers circulating in Eugene would go a long way in most neighborhoods.  So much of what I see is simple decay of older structures.
  
  And I would add a lot of individual decisions on property care that goes with very lax standards.  Would asking a person to cut down weeds be a violation of their freedom of choice?