Ancona, homeless people and drug addicts in the ghost factory. «Bottles and syringes, we don’t go out in the evening»

ANCONA «This degradation It’s been going on for fifteen years, we’re tired. We feel like second class citizens. Many promises, few actions from the State Property Office which is the owner of the land. They barely come to see the ruins once a year and don’t always remember to have the grass cut.” The speaker is Mario De Dominicis, a resident of Vallemiano: the area called into question is the one located behind the pool of Vallemiano.

The reclamation

An area located a few meters from a group of houses. Residents have been calling for the area to be cleaned up for years. «The blocks of flats that once housed a carpentry shop risk coming down at any moment – protests De Dominis -. The only thing that has been done is the removal of asbestos, but this area is in total abandonment. The ruins must also be removed for safety reasons: they could make a playground here for the many children in the neighborhood.” And there is also a question related to safety.

«Every evening – says Roberta Gigli – strange characters arrive and sneak into those blocks. The area has become a haven for homeless people and homeless people looking for a place to spend the night. Every morning we have to collect dozens of bottles of beer and wine, not to mention the syringes along the sidewalk.” There are those who are afraid to go out or return home in the evening.

«The situation has worsened exponentially in recent times – says Arianna Surdo -. If I happen to return from work after a certain time I always try to find parking close to my home. This is no man’s land, we feel abandoned but I would like to remind those in charge that we pay taxes like everyone else and I assume that it is right to have a minimum of listening. The walls that delimit this ruin – she adds – risk collapsing at any moment, perhaps on top of our cars. We have been hearing promises for years but nothing has been done to solve this problem.”

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